Fund a study to investigate the use of DIY-masks. Promote their use to at risk population, and fund add campaigns with scientists.
Although Western governments have come out against face masks, Eastern ones (China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan) are strongly in favor of people wearing face masks to protect themselves. There is evidence, that even homemade masks are good at protecting people from respiratory droplets . These could be used if the shortage in surgical masks persist.
Since in the West nobody is promoting this evidence in favour of face masks, this is a potential high impact intervention.
I think so as well. I have started drafting an article about this intervention. Feel free to give feedback / share with others who might have valuable expertise:
Culturally acceptable DIY respiratory protection: an urgent intervention for COVID-19 mitigation in countries outside East Asia?
Fund a study to investigate the use of DIY-masks. Promote their use to at risk population, and fund add campaigns with scientists.
Although Western governments have come out against face masks, Eastern ones (China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan) are strongly in favor of people wearing face masks to protect themselves. There is evidence, that even homemade masks are good at protecting people from respiratory droplets . These could be used if the shortage in surgical masks persist.
Since in the West nobody is promoting this evidence in favour of face masks, this is a potential high impact intervention.
I think so as well. I have started drafting an article about this intervention. Feel free to give feedback / share with others who might have valuable expertise:
Culturally acceptable DIY respiratory protection: an urgent intervention for COVID-19 mitigation in countries outside East Asia?
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11HvoN43aQrx17EyuDeEKMtR_hURzBBrYfxzseOCL5JM/edit#