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[Preprint] O maior estudo sobre máscaras demonstrou a importância delas na luta contra a Covid-19.

3 Set, 2021 | 12:55h

Largest study of masks yet details their importance in fighting Covid-19 – NBC News

Estudo original: The Impact of Community Masking on COVID-19: A Cluster-Randomized Trial in Bangladesh – Innovations for Poverty Action

Ver também: A Study In Bangladesh Tripled The Rate Of Mask-Wearing. Can It Help In The U.S.? – NPR

Comentários no Twitter (fio – clique para saber mais)

This is arguably the most important single piece of epidemiological research of the entire pandemic.

A MASSIVE randomized trial launched a pro-mask campaign in some Bangladeshi villages, but not others.

The result: masking villages got less COVID. https://t.co/8uKPXAvvnU

— Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬 (@lymanstoneky) September 1, 2021

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Some misinterpretation of our #Bangladesh Mask RCT by those who don’t read research, which I’ll ignore, but also some parochial/racist reactions, which I must respond to https://t.co/FFeqz1zox5

— Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak (@mushfiq_econ) September 2, 2021

Estudo mostra que a vacinação reduz à metade o risco de “long COVID”.

3 Set, 2021 | 12:53h

Comunicado de imprensa: Double vaccination halves risk of Long COVID – King’s College London

Estudo original: Risk factors and disease profile of post-vaccination SARS-CoV-2 infection in UK users of the COVID Symptom Study app: a prospective, community-based, nested, case-control study – The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Comentários:

Largest study of its kind finds face masks reduce COVID-19 – University of California – Berkeley

Study: Vaccines slash long-haul COVID, hospital rates – CIDRAP

Vaccination reduces risk of long Covid, even when people are infected, U.K. study indicates – STAT

Being fully vaccinated reduces odds of long-term Covid-19 symptoms by half, UK study suggests – CNN

Coronavirus vaccines cut risk of long Covid, study finds – BBC

Conteúdo relacionado: M-A: More than 50 long-term effects of COVID-19.

Comentário no Twitter

NEW evidence on breakthrough infections indicates people who tested positive for #SARS-CoV-2 after 1 or 2 vaccine doses had significantly lower odds of severe disease, hospitalisation, or #LongCOVID than unvaccinated. https://t.co/MgHt7Ztqa0 @TheLancetInfDis pic.twitter.com/nt2b7jVrH9

— The Lancet (@TheLancet) September 1, 2021

Infográfico | Passaportes de comprovação de vacinação ao redor do mundo.

3 Set, 2021 | 12:51h

Vaccine passports around the world – The BMJ

Agência da União Europeia afirma que o foco deve ser sobre a oferta de vacinação inicial para todos, e não sobre as doses de reforço.

3 Set, 2021 | 12:50h

EU agency says to focus on vaccines first not booster shots – Associated Press

Ver também: European officials say COVID-19 booster isn’t urgent – CIDRAP

Opinião | “Os problemas em indicar o uso de máscaras por jovens estudantes são reais.”

3 Set, 2021 | 12:48h

The Downsides of Masking Young Students Are Real – The Atlantic

Comentário com réplica no Twitter (fio – clique para saber mais)

I'm not greatly interested in the school/mask debate, but I must say this is pretty wild – the article leads with this statement and then proceeds to offer no evidence whatsoever of any harms except "subjective [sic] shortness of breath" https://t.co/JL1Iadt8fy pic.twitter.com/5bZmvOhWo7

— Health Nerd (@GidMK) September 2, 2021