Decades of research show that respiratory illnesses are dramatically reduced when people wear face masks.
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We rely on the spatial arrangement of facial features to process faces, and wearing masks interferes with that — especially for children.
New research shows correctional officers are vectors of infection, driving COVID-19 rates both inside prisons and in their communities.
Effective education depends on good communication and relationships, but face masks hinder visual and verbal cues and can be unsettling. So how can teachers and students overcome these issues?
The freedom to do as you please impinges on the freedom of others to protect themselves from COVID-19.
People have a hard time assessing risk in the best of times. Adding a world-changing pandemic with evolving and sometimes conflicting information has made personal risk assessment much harder.
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Lecturer in Education, University of Newcastle
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Professor and Director, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Epidemiology, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Complex Systems, Epidemiology and Mathematics, University of Michigan
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Professor of Public Health, Teesside University
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Assistant Professor of Health Informatics, Arizona State University
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Assistant Professor of Information Science, George Mason University
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Associate Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Arizona State University
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Research Associate, Centre for Applied Psychological Science, Teesside University
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Senior Lecturer, School of Education, University of Newcastle
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Professor and York Research Chair, Psychology, York University, Canada
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Assistant Professor, Psychology, York University, Canada
