Mandatory universal masking is the key to stop COVID-19

Timothy Ph Lin¹, David Sc Hui², Jost B Jonas³, Suber S Huang^{4

5}, Dennis Sc Lam^{6

7

8

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Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
² Stanley Ho Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
³ Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
⁴ Retina Center of Ohio, Cleveland, USA.
⁵ Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA.
⁶ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
⁷ C-MER (Shenzhen) Dennis Lam Eye Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
⁸ International Eye Research Institute of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, China.
⁹ C-MER Dennis Lam & Partners Eye Center, C-MER International Eye Care Group, Hong Kong, China.

PMID: 33214892
PMCID: PMC7648904
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.10.020383

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Mandatory universal masking is the key to stop COVID-19

Timothy Ph Lin et al. J Glob Health. 2020 Dec.

. 2020 Dec;10(2):020383.

doi: 10.7189/jogh.10.020383.

Authors

Timothy Ph Lin¹, David Sc Hui², Jost B Jonas³, Suber S Huang^{4

5}, Dennis Sc Lam^{6

7

8

9}

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
² Stanley Ho Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
³ Department of Ophthalmology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
⁴ Retina Center of Ohio, Cleveland, USA.
⁵ Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA.
⁶ Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
⁷ C-MER (Shenzhen) Dennis Lam Eye Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
⁸ International Eye Research Institute of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), Shenzhen, China.
⁹ C-MER Dennis Lam & Partners Eye Center, C-MER International Eye Care Group, Hong Kong, China.

PMID: 33214892
PMCID: PMC7648904
DOI: 10.7189/jogh.10.020383

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Conflict of interest: The authors completed the ICMJE Unified Competing Interest form (available upon request from the corresponding author), and declare no conflicts of interest.

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