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Finally, A Randomized Trial of Mask Wearing
A recent article by Paul Shafer in Tradeoffs looks at a recent working paper of a randomized intervention designed to increase mask wearing in rural Bangladesh. Given that COVID-19 cases are back on the rise and vaccination rates remain low, the article also discusses what these findings might mean for the United States.