Face mask use during the COVID-19 pandemic: how risk perception, experience with COVID-19, and attitude towards government interact with country-wide policy stringency

• Main Authors: Annelot Wismans (Author), Peter van der Zwan (Author), Karl Wennberg (Author), Ingmar Franken (Author), Jinia Mukerjee (Author), Rui Baptista (Author), Jorge Barrientos Marín (Author), Andrew Burke (Author), Marcus Dejardin (Author), Frank Janssen (Author), Srebrenka Letina (Author), José María Millán (Author), Enrico Santarelli (Author), Olivier Torrès (Author), Roy Thurik (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, governments imposed numerous regulations to protect public health, particularly the (mandatory) use of face masks. However, the appropriateness and effectiveness of face mask regulations have been widely discussed, as is apparent from the diverg...