Wearing Face Masks and Social Distancing Actually Work to Contain COVID-19, According to a New Study
But in a, researchers provide the strongest evidence yet that these practices do indeed lower the risk of spreading the virus.
When it comes to social distancing, the analysis showed that, on average, the risk of getting infected when remaining 1 meter from an infected person was about 3%, while staying less than 1 meter apart upped the risk to 13%. The further people stand away from one another, the lower their risk. In fact, the risk drops by half for every additional meter of distancing up to 3 meters .
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