1/ Did an interview on @BBCBreakfast this morning about the use of face coverings and how their uptake in the UK has changed over the past month. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😷" title="Gesicht mit Mundschutz" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Mundschutz">

2/ Look at this interesting graph from @YouGov that shows how the number of people reporting they use a face covering in public has changed over time & how it compares to other countries: https://yougov.co.uk/topics/health/articles-reports/2020/07/27/face-mask-use-surges-after-becoming-compulsory-sho">https://yougov.co.uk/topics/he...

3/ Also had interesting question about risk compensation behaviour - would people who wear a face covering do less distancing & hand hygiene? @zeynep & I argued https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❌" title="Kreuzzeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Kreuzzeichen">no in this evidence review https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202004.0203/v3">https://www.preprints.org/manuscrip... & recent papers also suggest it does not: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2768767">https://jamanetwork.com/journals/...

4/ For more details on face coverings as social practice see our paper: https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m3021">https://www.bmj.com/content/3... now with a whopping Altmetric score of 779 due to the online attention https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💥" title="Symbol für eine Kollision" aria-label="Emoji: Symbol für eine Kollision"> /End