Wearing face masks in close contact situations MIGHT be fine, but simply stated as “in public” universally, with no context, has no science behind it.
My nephew’s wife is an infectious disease doctor, the I.D. head expert at her hosipital, with a few Wuhan virus patients, north of Manhattan. SHE does not wear a mask “in public” universally, regardless of context. I think she knows what she is doing.
My nephew’s wife is an infectious disease doctor, the I.D. head expert at her hosipital, with a few Wuhan virus patients, north of Manhattan. SHE does not wear a mask “in public” universally, regardless of context. I think she knows what she is doing.
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I will grab the beast and risk ridicule and being totally wrong in this case.
The majority of young doctors have educated in different paradigm than the old guys. The new ones often brag about practicing “Best Evidence” medicine. They primarily rely on algorithms and flow charts and have to learn to rely on experience and their own senses and analytical judgments.
A lot of the old school docs might disagree with her.
And people will argue until the cows come home that we’re not receiving mixed messages! Trust them, they say! You have to wonder if they ever heard of Nazi Germany!
There was that study in Germany that said people don’t need to wear masks and that it doesn’t live on surfaces. I read it here earlier this morning.