As the world grapples with how to forecast and forestall the impact of COVID-19, researchers have stepped up, producing mathematical and computational models that predict the pandemic’s spread and… more
World Health Organisation guidelines on social distancing in hospitals and other healthcare facilities are based on poor, outdated evidence, a landmark Australian and US scientific review has found. … more
Professor MacIntyre's medical research focuses on respiratory transmissible viral infections. Professionally, she uses tools like epidemiological and mathematical modelling and contact tracing to… more
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There is some evidence that the public should wear masks. But let doctors and nurses get them first.Some studies in households and colleges “show a benefit of masks,” Raina MacIntyre, head of the… more