Little Evidence Supports Use of Cloth Masks to Limit Spread of Coronavirus: Analysis

People wear masks as they walk on the street in New York City, on April 4, 2020. Chung I Ho/The Epoch Times

Cloth masks are of little use against COVID-19, according to a recently published analysis.

While federal health authorities and a slew of jurisdictions require or recommend wearing masks as a way to limit the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19, a trio of researchers pored over the studies often cited by the officials and found they were poorly designed and offered scant evidence in support of mask usage.