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cord-328209-uc37poce	Javid, Babak	Impact of population mask wearing on Covid-19 post lockdown	2020-04-16		.txt	text/plain	1251	67	44	Whereas mask use had a relatively minor benefit on critical-care and mortality rates when transmissibility (Reff) was high, the reduction on deaths was dramatic as the effective R approached 1, as might be expected after aggressive social-distancing measures such as wide-spread lockdowns. COVID-19 has a higher hospitalization and mortality rate than influenza 5 , and the impacts on these parameters, and critically, at what point in the pandemic trajectory mask-use might exert maximal benefit are completely unknown. COVID-19 has a higher hospitalization and mortality rate than influenza 5 , and the impacts on these parameters, and critically, at what point in the pandemic trajectory mask-use might exert maximal benefit are completely unknown. Whereas mask use had a relatively minor benefit on critical-care and mortality rates when transmissibility (Reff) was high (Fig. 1a) , the reduction on deaths was dramatic as the effective R approached 1 (Fig. 1b) , as might be expected after aggressive socialdistancing measures such as wide-spread lockdowns 5 .	./cache/cord-328209-uc37poce.txt	./txt/cord-328209-uc37poce.txt