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Comment
. 2021 Jan;56(1):19-20.
doi: 10.1002/ppul.25144. Epub 2020 Nov 19.

The cumulative risk of acquiring COVID-19 in outpatient pediatric practice

Julian Allen  1 , Tryce Scully  1
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Comment

The cumulative risk of acquiring COVID-19 in outpatient pediatric practice

Julian Allen et al. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2021 Jan.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; cumulative risk; epidemiology; infections.

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The authors declare that there are no conflict of interests.

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Cumulative probability of a pediatric practitioner wearing different levels of facemask protection remaining COVID‐free during a year of out‐patient practice (given the assumptions discussed in the text). Red: no mask; Blue: surgical mask; Green: N95 mask [Color figure can be viewed at wileyonlinelibrary.com]
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