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Face masks and COVID-19: don’t let perfect be the enemy of good
- Benjamin J Cowling1,2 , Gabriel M Leung1,2
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsAffiliations: 1 WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, School of Public Health, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China 2 Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health, Hong Kong Science and Technology Park, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, ChinaBenjamin J Cowlingbcowling hku.hk
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Citation style for this article: Cowling Benjamin J, Leung Gabriel M. Face masks and COVID-19: don’t let perfect be the enemy of good. Euro Surveill. 2020;25(49):pii=2001998. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2020.25.49.2001998 Received: 26 Nov 2020; Accepted: 09 Dec 2020
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