TY - JOUR ID - 251434 TI - Wearing Face Mask for COVID-19 Prevention: A timely example of Prevention Paradox JO - International Journal of Epidemiology and Health Sciences JA - IJEHS LA - en SN - AU - Taheri Soodejani, Moslem AU - Tabatabaei, Seyyed Mohammad AD - 1Center for Healthcare Data Modeling, Departments of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran AD - 2Department of Medical Informatics, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran Y1 - 2022 PY - 2022 VL - 3 IS - Continuous SP - EP - KW - Prevention Paradox KW - COVID-19 KW - Face Mask KW - Epidemic KW - Epidemiology DO - 10.51757/IJEHS.3.5.2022.251434 N2 - 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. UR - https://www.ijehs.com/article_251434.html L1 - https://www.ijehs.com/article_251434_0358a33c8559d63dcde7cfe229464e57.pdf ER -