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Study finds wearing a mask makes us more attractive

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A mask is all you need to impress the ladies!

Not sure what to wear on that blind date? Probably the best thing to wear to make sure your date finds you good-looking is, in fact, a surgical mask!

A study says women find men more attractive in a blue surgical mask

A study published in Cognitive Research Journal conducted at the University of Cardiff found that women rated men as more attractive when wearing a blue surgical mask.

A change in mentality

Before the global pandemic hit, researchers found that medical face masks caused the wearer to be perceived as less attractive. These days though, our mentality has shifted.

Medical masks and cloth masks both increase attractiveness

A team of researchers from Cardiff University who studied the issue wrote, “The results show that faces were considered as most attractive when covered by medical masks and significantly more attractive when occluded with cloth masks than when not occluded.”

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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