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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: "Considerations for Events and Gatherings"
CDC: "Scientific Brief: Community Use of Cloth Masks to Control the Spread of SARS-CoV-2"
CDC: "How to Select, Wear, and Clean Your Mask"
Physics of Fluids: "Flow Visualization of an N95 Respirator With and Without an Exhalation Valve Using Schlieren Imaging and Light Scattering"
NIST: "New Airflow Videos Show Why Masks With Exhalation Valves Do Not Slow the Spread of COVID-19"
Science Advances: "Low-Cost Measurement of Face Mask Efficacy for Filtering Expelled Droplets During Speech"
Science: "Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2"
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: "Changing Age Distribution of the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, May–August 2020"
CDC: "COVID-19 Pandemic Planning Scenarios"
CDC: "Clinical Questions about COVID-19: Questions and Answers"
CDC: "Reinfection With COVID-19"
Cleveland Clinic: "Body Temperature: What Is (and Isn’t) Normal?"
Travel Medicine and Infectious Diseases: "Body Temperature Screening to Identify SARS-CoV-2 Infected Young Adult Travellers Is Ineffective"
CDC: "Federal Government Adjusts COVID-19 Entry Strategy for International Air Passengers"
CDC: "General Business Frequently Asked Questions"
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: "When You’ve Been Fully Vaccinated"
CDC: "Choosing Safer Activities"
CDC: "COVID-NET Laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 hospitalizations"
Mayo Clinic: "U.S. COVID-19 vaccine tracker: See your state’s progress"
CDC: "Frequently Asked Questions about COVID-19 Vaccination"
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Temperature checks are unreliable because some people with COVID may not have a fever.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: "Considerations for Events and Gatherings" CDC: "Scientific Brief: Community Use of Cloth Masks to Control the Spread of SARS-CoV-2" CDC: "How to Select, Wear, and Clean Your Mask" Physics of Fluids: "Flow Visualization of an N95 Respirator With and Without an Exhalation Valve Using Schlieren Imaging and Light Scattering" NIST: "New Airflow Videos Show Why Masks With Exhalation Valves Do Not Slow the Spread of COVID-19" Science Advances: "Low-Cost Measurement of Face Mask Efficacy for Filtering Expelled Droplets During Speech" Science: "Airborne Transmission of SARS-CoV-2" Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: "Changing Age Distribution of the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, May–August 2020" CDC: "COVID-19 Pandemic Planning Scenarios" CDC: "Clinical Questions about COVID-19: Questions and Answers" CDC: "Reinfection With COVID-19" Cleveland Clinic: "Body Temperature: What Is (and Isn’t) Normal?" Travel Medicine and Infectious Diseases: "Body Temperature Screening to Identify SARS-CoV-2 Infected Young Adult Travellers Is Ineffective" CDC: "Federal Government Adjusts COVID-19 Entry Strategy for International Air Passengers" CDC: "General Business Frequently Asked Questions" Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: "When You’ve Been Fully Vaccinated" CDC: "Choosing Safer Activities" CDC: "COVID-NET Laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 hospitalizations" Mayo Clinic: "U.S. COVID-19 vaccine tracker: See your state’s progress" CDC: "Frequently Asked Questions about COVID-19 Vaccination"
