Didn’t the Burnett Institute publish a study giving much of the credit for controlling Covid outbreaks in Victoria to mask mandates?
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World-first study shows effectiveness of masks in preventing COVID transmission, Burnet Institute.
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Quote:The mandating of masks during Melbourne’s COVID-19 second wave in July 2020 was the single-most important control measure and “turned the epidemic around”, new world-leading Burnet Institute research shows.
The study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, highlights the effectiveness and critical importance of masks as a key tool to prevent community spread of the highly infectious Delta variant in Australia and globally.
World-first study shows effectiveness of masks in preventing COVID transmission, Burnet Institute.


