Health
A new data-driven model shows that wearing masks saves lives – and the earlier you start, the better – The Conversation US
The model provides county-level analysis and simulates the benefits of mask-wearing in terms of illnesses and deaths.
Dr. Biplav Srivastava, professor of computer science at the University of South Carolina, and his team have developed a data-driven tool that helps demonstrate the effect of wearing masks on COVID-19 cases and deaths. His model utilizes a variety of data sources to create alternate scenarios that can tell us What could have happened? if a county in the U.S. had a higher or lower rate of mask adherence. In this interview, he explains how the model works, its limitations and what conclusions we can…
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