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Letter: In pursuit of the perfect home-made face mask (2)

Published 6 May 2020

From David Muir, Edinburgh, UK

Jessica Hamzelou reports on the mixed evidence for the efficacy of the general use of face masks in the fight against covid-19.

Given their use will probably become more widespread in the future, and is likely to be advocated by governments including ours, there is one situation where face masks will have a significant effect on society: future policing using facial recognition technology might prove a little more difficult.

Issue no. 3281 published 9 May 2020

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