Facemask Risks during the COVID-19 Crisis

Abstract

Introduction: With the increasing severity of the COVID-19 epidemic, wearing a mask was recommended. This recommendation seems to have created concern among the public. Wearing a mask generally reduces the risk of virus and therefore potentially saves lives. In healthy populations, wearing a mask does not appear to cause any harmful physiological changes, and the potentially life-saving benefits of wearing face masks seem to outweigh the discomforts.

Keywords

• covid-19
• face mask
• epidemic.