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Covid-19: Masks could boost immunity, slow infections, study finds – Khaleej Times

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

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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 Gandhi and George W Ruthe…

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