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Don't Bother With Masks

Though many healthcare workers and travelers, particularly in Asia, wear surgical-type face masks to prevent the acquisition of respiratory tract infections, a randomized controlled trial did not find this practice to be effective. In fact, subjects who wore masks reported more headaches than those who didn't. Bottom line: don't bother.

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