Balance of power: With several races still undecided, Senate control remains at a deadlock
By Catherine Park
Control of the Senate was still up in the air Thursday as Republicans beat Democratic challengers in crucial states but failed to lock down the seats needed to retain their tenuous Senate majority.
One race in Georgia is headed to a January runoff. A second contest in Georgia and races in North Carolina and Alaska remain undecided, leaving the chamber now deadlocked 48-48. An outcome may not be known until the new year.
With the presidential race between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden also undecided, the Senate is in limbo because the vice president of the eventual winner s party would serve as a tie-breaker in a split chamber.
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Updated Dec 21, 2020 | 07:15 IST
Wearing face masks has been one of the key preventive measures for COVID-19. Researchers suggest that using used face masks is even worse than not wearing one at all. Something is not better than nothing - Used face masks to prevent COVID-19 worse than not using one at all | Photo Credit: iStock Images
Key Highlights
Masks have been touted as an important prevention method against COVID-19
A new study has found that wearing used face masks over and over again does little to prevent infection
The study suggests that wearing a used mask may be even worse than not wearing one at all
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Covid-19: Study suggests no masks better than old masks; not all masks provide same protection
December 19, 2020
× A team of scientists from the University of Massachusetts Lowell and California Baptist University carried out a study to explain that not all masks protect the same from Covid-19 transmission.
They stated in their study, published in the journal Physics of Fluids, old masks may be worse than not wearing a mask at all.
These findings will likely influence the guidance on mask-wearing and potentially mask design, the researchers speculated.
For the study, the team created a computational face mask model to predict how masks impact the inhalation and deposition of airborne particles in the upper respiratory tract.