According to a new study published in PLOS ONE, which looked at survey data from the UK Office of National Statistics, masks were found to be ineffective after the first Omicron wave.

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When the COVID-19 pandemic first started, mask use was advised as a public health precaution to stop the virus from spreading. However, it appears from recent studies that masks did not work to lower the risk of infection once Omicron took over as the predominant form.

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Researchers discovered in a study published in PLOS ONE that when Omicron emerged as the predominant SARS-CoV-2 variation in December 2021, several infection risk factors, including wearing a mask, altered considerably.

The researchers looked at survey data from the UK Office of National Statistics (ONS) from 200,000 people who were tested for COVID-19 every two weeks to help explain why some interventions were linked to a decreased risk of infection early in...