%0 Journal Article %T Wearing Face Mask for COVID-19 Prevention: A timely example of Prevention Paradox %J International Journal of Epidemiology and Health Sciences %I %Z 2667-0941 %A Taheri Soodejani, Moslem %A Tabatabaei, Seyyed Mohammad %D 2022 %\ 08/01/2022 %V 3 %N Continuous %P - %! Wearing Face Mask for COVID-19 Prevention: A timely example of Prevention Paradox %K Prevention Paradox %K COVID-19 %K Face Mask %K Epidemic %K Epidemiology %R 10.51757/IJEHS.3.5.2022.251434 %X A "prevention paradox," according to Thompson, is a type of prevention that has many benefits for the entire population but may not be as beneficial to each individual as it is to the entire community. COVID-19 is one of the most mysterious developing viruses in history, capable of being transmitted from one person to another mostly through breathing. If we do not follow specific advice, such as wearing a face mask, we will all become infected very rapidly. To save the lives of a small percentage of the population, millions of people should wear face masks. %U https://www.ijehs.com/article_251434_0358a33c8559d63dcde7cfe229464e57.pdf