Covid-19 Information

Mask Wearing

Peer Reviewed

Effectiveness of Mask Wearing to Control Community Spread of SARS-CoV-2 - JAMA. 2021;325(10):998-999. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.1505 - https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2776536

CDC Science Brief: Community Use of Cloth Masks to Control the Spread of SARS-CoV-2 - https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/science-briefs/masking-science-sars-cov2.html?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fcoronavirus%2F2019-ncov%2Fmore%2Fmasking-science-sars-cov2.html

Spread of Misinformation About Face Masks and COVID-19 by Automated Software on Facebook - JAMA Intern Med. Published online June 7, 2021. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2021.2498 - "We analyzed conversations on public Facebook groups, a platform known to be susceptible to automated misinformation, concerning the publication of the Danish Study to Assess Face Masks for the Protection Against COVID-19 Infection (DANMASK-19) to explore automated misinformation." https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2780748

Otherwise Helpful

The Astounding Physics of N95 Masks - physics of small particles, 6 minutes (older video, the "reverse Goldilocks" problem, intro slide for Black Lives Matter) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAdanPfQdCA

Why Masks Work BETTER Than You'd Think - math, 7 minutes (older video, but keeps to "timeless" topics) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y47t9qLc9I4

How Well Do Masks Work? - PBS "It's okay to be smart", 7.5 minutes (an older video, pre-vaccine) - https://www.pbs.org/video/how-well-do-masks-work-ke2qje/

COVID-19 & Mask Myths DEBUNKED! - PBS "It's okay to be smart" 13 minutes, (an older video, pre-vaccine, so doesn't directly address the fact that covid has now been shown to SOMETIMES spread in aerosols, although droplets carry a LOT more virus, lots of good explanations) - https://www.pbs.org/video/covid-19-mask-myths-debunked-ioi3te/

The Untold Truth Behind Face Masks and Covid-19 - random YouTuber with helpful stuff, 28.5 (!) minutes (pre-Delta variant, pre-vaccine, addresses mask confusion, fomites, aerosols, explains why we can't do random controlled trials with mast) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVcdyPf5mKQ

Excess Deaths

Excess Deaths From COVID-19 and Other Causes in the US, March 1, 2020, to January 2, 2021 - JAMA. 2021;325(17):1786-1789. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.5199 - "Between March 1, 2020, and January 2, 2021, the US experienced 2 801 439 deaths, 22.9% more than expected, representing 522 368 excess deaths... Deaths attributed to COVID-19 accounted for 72.4% of US excess deaths." - https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2778361