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Face Mask Only: Participants in the face mask only group are responsible for wearing the provided face masks when in their residence hall, for a minimum of six hours per day. While we encourage you to wear your face masks all the time, you are not required to wear the mask outside of your residence hall. When you are in the residence hall but doing something that precludes donning the face mask - like eating - you are expected to store the mask safely in the provided storage bags. Likewise, when you've finished using the face mask, we ask that you seal it in the provided storage bag before throwing it in the trash. Once the study starts, you are expected to continue wearing the face masks for 6 weeks.

Remember to:

• Use a clean mask and bag every day
• Place the mask over your nose and chin (the knots face in) and pull the elastic bands behind your ears
• Pull the mask down under your chin, spreading the pleats
• Squeeze the wire band across nose
• Adjust the mask for fit and comfort
• Store in plastic bag when not wearing
• Dispose in plastic bag in waste receptacle at the end of the day

In addition to wearing the face mask, you are responsible for completing all weekly online surveys as well as baseline and exit surveys. Once the study starts, you are expected to complete weekly online surveys for 8 weeks. That means that once you've finished wearing the face masks, you keep completing online surveys for an additional 2 weeks. Please keep in mind that fudging the truth on these surveys undermines the hard work that you and all other participants are putting into the study. Collecting accurate information is essential if we are to determine the effectiveness and feasibility of these non-pharmaceutical interventions.

Also, please remember that you - and all participants - are responsible for making your residence hall a safe and supportive environment for all participants, including those wearing face masks like you. We need everyone's help to make participating in M-FLU as fun, stress-free and successful as possible!

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