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Covid-19: Masks could boost immunity, slow infections, study finds – MENAFN.COM

Experts from California university said face masks may provide a vaccine-like effect by generating immunity and slowing the spread of Covid-19 infection.

Scientists are comparing face masks to a process called variolation wherein healthy peopl…

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(MENAFN – Khaleej Times) Experts from California university said face masks may provide a vaccine-like effect by generating immunity and slowing the spread of Covid-19 infection.
Scientists are comparing face masks to a process called variolation wherein healthy people are exposed to material from the scabs of infected patients in order to increase immunity. Variolation was followed before a vaccine for smallpox was discovered.
In a commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine, Monica Ga…

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