These are the hamsters from a widely-shared study used as evidence that masks do work. They aren't wearing any masks.
Jasper Chan, Department of Microbiology, HKU
- A widely-shared mask study from The University of Hong Kong was done on hamsters, not people, and the hamsters didn't wear masks.
- Instead, masks were used like curtains to protect healthy hamsters' cages from airborne exposure to the coronavirus.
- The masks performed pretty well at keeping hamsters coronavirus-free, though they weren't a perfect tool.
- The way masks were used in this study is not a great parallel... Читать дальше...