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Should we wear masks or not? An expert sorts through the confusion

  • Written by Thomas Perls, Professor of Medicine, Boston University
The guidance on masks appears to be shifting, but social distancing is still the key step people can take.Muhammad Fayyaz Rub/Shutterstock.com

As a professor at Boston University’s School of Medicine and a geriatrician at Boston Medical Center caring for the most vulnerable in this pandemic, I’ve been asked a lot of questions about...

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