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Wearing A Mask Could Save 130,000 US Lives

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America's coronavirus deaths could surpass 511,000 by the end of February. According to Business Insider, the staggering number comes from a new University of Washington model. The model also found that nearly 130,000 of those lives could be saved if 95% of Americans wore masks. The problem officials found is that only 60% of Americans say they always wear a mask in public. Researchers found that mask-wearing could also delay the need for lockdowns. According to Business Insider, health experts say that wearing masks could also mitigate the worst of the fall-winter surge.

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