PLAYING THE ODDS: A CECC official said that if healthy and infected people are wearing masks, their risk of viral transmission is reduced to about 1 to 2 percent
Taipei Times
Date: May 04, 2020
By: Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
Central Epidemic Command Center specialist advisory panel convener Chang Shan-chwen speaks at a news conference in Taipei on Saturday.
Photo: Wu Liang-yi, Taipei Times
Chang made the remark at the center’s daily news conference on Saturday.
“Many people have asked why several confirmed cases in Taiwan did not spread the virus to other people,” Chang said, pointing to an illustration depicting a healthy person and an infected person interacting in possible scenarios.
He said that the risk of infection is high if both are not wearing masks, but if only the healthy person wears a mask, the risk of contracting COVID-19 through respiratory droplets is greatly reduced — possibly by as much as 50 to 80 percent. [FULL STORY]
