ANCESTRY’S RESEARCH STUDY ON PREVENTIVE PRACTICES DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Personal preventive practices matter a lot when it comes to safeguarding yourself against coronavirus. Ancestry did a research study on the trending preventive practices people are using to protect themselves during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ancestry researched over 750,000 of its volunteering clients and found clear-cut insights about the severity of COVID-19 infection. Let’s have an in-depth look on the trending preventive measures during this COVID-19 pandemic. Ancestry’s Research Study on wearing masks indoors AncestryDNA launched the COVID-19 Research Study in April 2020 to see the response of individuals to the coronavirus infection. This study helped AncestryDNA understand why some individuals have high chances of getting a severe infection while others suffer only mild effects. AncestryDNA has included volunteers in this study from all 50 states in both rural and urban areas. After researching for some time on 3000 individuals, Ancestry DNA found that the individuals who were wearing masks indoors were less likely to get in touch with COVID-19 than those who weren’t wearing masks indoors. This preventive practice helps you stay away from severe COVID-19 infection. More than 94% of individuals from all age groups reported that they were wearing masks while outdoors and indoors. Old age people showed an even higher percentage when it came to wearing masks indoors and in public while standing within a range of six feet of others. Also, when compared on the basis of gender, a higher percentage of females were wearing masks and following the six-foot gap than males. Though the difference isn’t too much, it’s enough to tell that, in terms of safety, females are more aware than males. In comparison to 94.3% of males, 96.4% of females wear a mask indoors in public. Also, only 75.5% of males maintain a six-foot physical gap compared to 78% of females. Based on the research data, people with health problems are more likely to wear masks indoors and maintain a six-foot gap in public. This is because they think they are at a higher risk of getting infected with coronavirus due to their pre-existing health issues. When outdoors and within the 6-ft range of others, only 73.5% of individuals with no previous health issues wear masks compared to 79.6% individuals wearing masks in the same situation with existing health issues. Around 73.6% of individuals with no previous health history maintain 6-ft social distancing, while 80.6% of individuals with pre-existing health conditions do the same. Conclusion Ancestry DNA has been doing a phenomenal job by collecting research data from volunteering individuals. This data can easily help solve many COVID-19 safety-related issues. We recommend you wear a mask indoors and outdoors and maintain a six-foot gap when in public until this pandemic ends. Source: https://ancestrycomdna.com/blog/ancestrys-research-study-on-preventive-practices-during-covid-19-pandemic/