Body: A recent study in Bangladesh, which has yet to be peer-reviewed but is considered one of the most rigorous to date to tackle masking, linked wearing surgical masks with an 11.2 percent decrease in COVID-19 symptoms and antibodies, while cloth masks were associated with only a 5 percent decrease.
Referenced by: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/10/why-americans-wear-cloth-masks/620296/
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