COVID-19 health measures were 'generally effective,' Montreal study finds
Concordia researchers began work in 2022 to counter misinformation prevalent on social media.
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Concordia researchers began work in 2022 to counter misinformation prevalent on social media.
The results show that wearing a mask led to a reduction of 2.76 cases per 100,000 people, and a 0.19 per cent reduction in the mortality rate worldwide.
A study aimed at countering online misinformation reveals that health measures taken by governments in connection with COVID-19 helped to save lives or reduce hospital admissions and the number of cases in 2020.
Health measures helped bring down the number of hospitalizations and deaths, according to researchers at Concordia University.
Well before COVID-19 emerged, the World Health Organization identified vaccine hesitancy as one of the top threats to human health worldwide.