A new study has found that masking mandates and social distancing measures during the COVID-19 pandemic were highly effective at stopping the spread of other respiratory infections. According to the researchers, social distancing helped prevent the spread of influenza and bronchiolitis, the disease caused by respiratory syncytial viruses (RSV). Influenza infects up to 15 percent of the world population annually, and kills a substantial number of vulnerable children and older adults. RSV also causes significant damage, bringing almost 300,000 people to the emergency room each year in...