Face mask mandates and risk compensation: An analysis of mobility data during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh

Concerns have been raised about the potential for risk compensation in the context of mask mandates for mitigating the spread of COVID-19

Abstract

Concerns have been raised about the potential for risk compensation in the context of mask mandates for mitigating the spread of COVID-19. However, the debate about the presence or absence of risk compensation for universal mandatory mask-wearing rule, especially in the context of COVID-19, is not settled yet.

This is an output of the High Volume Transport Applied Research Programme

Citation

Wadud Z, Rahman SM, Enam A Face mask mandates and risk compensation: an analysis of mobility data during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. BMJ Global Health 2022;7:e006803.

Face mask mandates and risk compensation: An analysis of mobility data during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh

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Published 1 September 2022