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Covid-19 Deaths: The Price for Not Wearing Masks is Perhaps 130,000 Lives

Universal mask use could prevent nearly 130,000 deaths from Covid-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, in the United States through next spring, scientists reported on Friday. The findings follow an assertion by Dr. Scott W. Atlas, the president’s science adviser, that masks are ineffective, in a tweet later taken down by Twitter for spreading… Read More »

‘Children will not be wearing masks’ at Bright Horizons’ child-care centers, CEO says

Bright Horizons CEO Stephen Kramer told CNBC on Thursday that “children will not be wearing masks’” at its child-care facilities as the company reopens locations from coronavirus-driven closures.  “I think it is absolutely understood that the idea of young children wearing masks is not productive and ultimately causes more challenge than it does good, in… Read More »