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    Is the WHO's coronavirus advice that the public should not wear masks putting people's lives at risk?

    The World Health Organization (WHO) have repeatedly stated that the populace do not need to wear masks or respirators, and that for the general public these offer no protection from coronavirus. The WHO say: Source: here Technically the statement may be correct: there may be no specific...