The Forgotten Science Behind Face Masks

Jeremy Howard, researcher in residence, University of San Francisco, California.

Christos Lynteris, PhD, medical anthropologist, senior lecturer, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland.

Linsey Marr, PhD, professor of civil and environmental engineering, the University of Vermont, Burlington.

Don Milton, MD, professor of applied environmental health, University of Maryland.

Jacob Bueno de Mesquita, PhD, post-doctoral associate, Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, MD.

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