A study states that masks can generate immunity against Covid-19

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A study, recently published in The New England Journal of Medicine, ensures that

can generate immunity against the

.

The study, prepared by scientists at the

, points out that the widespread use of masks could be the cause of the increase in asymptomatic cases or with mild symptoms, which could generate immunity against

.

"If this hypothesis is confirmed, the universal use of the mask could become a form of

that would generate immunity and, therefore, slow the spread of the virus in the United States and elsewhere, while we wait for a vaccine" , ensures the publication.

A major reason for population-wide use of the mask became apparent in March, when reports began circulating describing the high rates of

viral

from the nose and mouth of patients who were presymptomatic. or asymptomatic, dissemination rates equivalent to those of symptomatic patients.

Wearing the mask appeared to be a possible way to prevent transmission from asymptomatic infected people.

Epidemiological investigations carried out around the world, especially in Asian countries that became accustomed to the use of the mask by the entire population during the

pandemic

, have suggested that there is a strong relationship between the use of the mask and the control of the pandemic.

The

has the ability to cause protein countless clinical manifestations, ranging from no symptoms to pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome and death.

"Recent virological and epidemiological data have led to the hypothesis that the mask may also reduce the severity of the disease among infected people," the article notes.

"This possibility is reinforced by a longstanding theory of viral pathogenesis, which holds that the severity of the disease is proportional to the viral inoculum received," he adds.

Researchers at the University of California postulate that the use of masks during this COVID-19 pandemic would act as an element of

.

Variolization consisted of obtaining fresh material from the blisters caused by smallpox in the 18th century and injecting them by scraping into the skin of healthy people to avoid the disease.

Variolization did not completely eliminate smallpox, but it did decrease the intensity of the disease.

The

, therefore, suggests that if a person becomes infected using a mask, the viral load would be so low that it would end up causing an asymptomatic form of the disease.

If this theory is confirmed, the population use of the mask could contribute to increasing the proportion of

infections

that are asymptomatic.

If in the month of July the typical rate of asymptomatic infection with

was 40%, now the data indicates that the rates of asymptomatic infection are higher than 80% in settings where the use of a mask is mandatory.

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