the Alone Together podcast looks at the importance of face masks as both personal protective equipment (PPE) and a form of infection control.
Dr Simon Kolstoe, senior lecturer in the School of Health and Care Professions at the University of Portsmouth, discusses the “huge amount of evidence” that shows wearing face masks is “really effective”.The academic admits to being “a little cross” about the way that the “mixed messaging” about these coverings has gone out from the government.He said: “The messaging has played a massive role in determining who does and who doesn't wear these masks.“There wasn’t really that clear recognition right at the start that protecting yourself is not the only reason to wear face masks.“And I think if they had.
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