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Do masks work?

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Katelyn Jetelina
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Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD
Feb 21, 2023
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On my way back from Turkey, and there’s nothing quite like international travel to help put things into perspective. There are much bigger problems in this world right now than the mask debate.

Still, it would be tragic if people left the emergency thinking one of two extremes: “masks don’t work” or “any mask works.” Another pandemic will come, and we w…

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