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Errors of Interpretation - ‘<i>Correcting the record on the comparative efficacy of surgical masks versus respirators: Historical research findings suggesting their equivalence and used to support downgraded respiratory protection for non-ICU UK healthcare workers, resulted from unrecognised errors of arithmetic</i>’

2022-07-19

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The first UK ‘COVID-19 Guidance for Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) in healthcare settings’, March 2020, restricted respiratory protection equipment (RPE) to aerosol generating procedures (AGPs) and the ICU. Supportive data in a linked meta-analysis stated equivalent protection – i.e., 80% - afforded by fluid resistant surgical face masks (FRSMs) and RPE, against SARS-CoV-1 infection. Visual inspection of t...

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978c4077-7df3-5af3-869d-8f1fc8ad0a76
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10.1101/2022.07.15.22277662
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