“COVID-19’s “contagion probability” between two people is 70% if the carrier is not masked, 5% if the carrier is masked, and 1.5% if both parties are.”
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Claim dated 23 Apr 2020.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
Epidemiologists seem to agree that the scientific studies necessary to quantify the exact percentage of contagion risk have not been done — making numbers advanced by this image are questionable.
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 23 April 2020. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 2 July 2020, 70 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
Where the claim appeared
- reuters.comhttps://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-coronavirus-mask-efficacy/partly-false-claim…
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