COVID-19 Masks

Lancet 2020-06-01 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31142-9/fulltext and Science Media Centre expert review https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-review-of-optimal-...

Review for Indian Physicians Association, Sundeep Salvi http://apiindia.org/wp-content/uploads/pdf/corona-virus/review-article-o...

University of Edinburgh Usher Institute 4 rapid reviews for UK policy makers https://www.ed.ac.uk/usher/uncover/completed-uncover-reviews

Oxford CEBM review of respirators for healthcare workers https://www.cebm.net/covid-19/what-is-the-performance-and-impact-of-disp...

Debate on face coverings for the public (social masks) Greenhalgh et al https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jep.13415

Latest WHO guidance for the public including videos: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-f...

Commissioned by WHO June 2020. Link: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31142-9/fulltext

Henning Bundgaard et a Effectiveness of Adding a Mask Recommendation to Other Public Health Measures to Prevent SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Danish Mask Wearers’ was published in Annals of Internal Medicine on Wednesday 18th November 2020.https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/M20-6817

Please read together with expert commentaries here explaining why the question wasn't asking about how masks protect others: source control https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-paper-using-an-rct-to-assess-mask-use-as-a-public-health-measure-to-help-control-sars-cov-2-spread-danmask-19/