AUTHOR=Goldberg Matthew H. , Gustafson Abel , Maibach Edward W. , Ballew Matthew T. , Bergquist Parrish , Kotcher John E. , Marlon Jennifer R. , Rosenthal Seth A. , Leiserowitz Anthony TITLE=Mask-Wearing Increased After a Government Recommendation: A Natural Experiment in the U.S. During the COVID-19 Pandemic JOURNAL=Frontiers in Communication VOLUME=5 YEAR=2020 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/communication/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2020.00044 DOI=10.3389/fcomm.2020.00044 ISSN=2297-900X ABSTRACT=
On April 3 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended that all Americans wear face masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The announcement came during the fielding of a large, nationally-representative survey (