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Law’s Jessica Berg, Med School’s Suzanne Rivera discuss the ethics of wearing a face mask during coronavirus pandemic

The Ethics of Wearing (or Not Wearing) a Face Mask During the Coronavirus Pandemic

TIME: Jessica Berg, co-dean of the School of Law, and Suzanne Rivera, associate professor of bioethics and vice president for research and technology management, discussed the ethics of wearing masks during the coronavirus pandemic. Wearing masks, they said,  just may stop infections—in both directions—and can be equally important in preventing a communicable disease from spreading.