Are buffs as safe as masks? Can you get COVID-19 from insects? #ExpertSeries

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Following recent reports that fabric face masks with breathing valves and neck buffs don't make the cut in the latest government guidelines, a listener wanted some clarity from virus hunter and bioinformatician Prof Tulio de Oliveira. Prof de Oliveira also answered questions about the transmission of the virus from animals to humans, the relationship between alcohol and the second wave, the impact of obesity (on mortality) in the development of a vaccine, and more.
21 Oct 2020 3AM English South Africa Society & Culture · Daily News

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