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In addition, capturing exhaled virus enabled determination of the particular strains of virus with which study subjects were infected. The study enrolled 106 volunteers between June 2020 and May 2022.

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Best Face Masks for COVID Face masks won't totally block COVID, but some, like the N95 mask, come very close. A mask gives an added layer of protection to you and the people around you.

And once you become sick, do not count on developing any long-term protective immunity to this rapidly changing, immune evasive virus. Infections also tear down not build immunity to other infections.

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