Auburn University researchers are working to better understand mask use behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In response to a call from the Alabama Department of Public Health, Auburn has partnered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, to address the high positivity rate of SARS-CoV-2 among the college-aged demographic. SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes COVID-19.
The CDC has joined forces with other universities across the country for the same study, but Auburn is the only university in Alabama participating in the partnership.
The work between Auburn and the CDC involves a longitudinal observational mask use study to measure the proportion of people who are: wearing masks, wearing a mask correctly and wearing different mask types, such as N95, surgical, cloth, gaiter or other.
The use of face masks has been shown to reduce transmission of the virus, which has infected more than 50 million people worldwide.
To read more on this, go to https://ocm.auburn.edu/newsroom/news_articles/2020/11/131543-mask-use-study-results.php?auhpftr
