A study compared magnetic resonance images of brains of 35 undergraduate students and found that imaging results were the same regardless of whether the students wore a face mask during the imaging processes or not. The study was published in Communications Biology. The COVID-19 infections started in late 2019 and the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global pandemic already in March 2020. One of the most prominent recommendations to curb the spread of the virus was to wear a face mask in situations of person-to-person contact. This sparked a heated debate around the world. Concerns w…
