Current Events > Fauci says face masks could become seasonal after Covid pandemic

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https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/09/fauci-says-face-masks-could-become-seasonal-after-covid-pandemic.html

White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that people may decide to wear masks during certain seasons when respiratory illnesses are more prevalent. I think people have gotten used to the fact that wearing masks, clearly if you look at the data it diminishes respiratory diseases, weve had practically a non-existent flu season this year merely because people were doing the kinds of public health things that were directed predominately against Covid-19, Fauci said during an interview on NBC Sunday program Meet the Press. So it is conceivable that as we go on a year or two or more from now that during certain seasonal periods when you have respiratory borne viruses like the flu, people might actually elect to wear masks to diminish the likelihood that youll spread these respiratory borne diseases, he added.

Faucis comments come less than a month after the Biden administration announced a relaxation of federal public health guidance on wearing masks outdoors. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that fully vaccinated people can exercise and attend small gatherings outside without wearing a face mask. The agency still recommends that fully vaccinated people wear a mask outdoors when in crowded areas. We are at the point right now where we can and start lifting these ordinances and allowing people to resume normal activity. Certainly, outdoors, we should not be putting limits on gatherings anymore and we should be encouraging people to go outside, Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CBS Sunday program Face the Nation. Covid wont disappear, we are going to have to learn to live with it but the risks have substantially reduced as a result of vaccination and as a result of immunity that people have acquired through prior infection, Gottlieb said.

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Sounds like a good idea to me. I will probably do it. Being sick sucks

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Probably helps with pollen too

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Does he say when after covid pandemic season starts?

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Might be a good idea to make it a cultural thing. South Korea managed to avoid economic disaster because of it.

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Yeah Ill probably wear one during the winter months every year now.

Bonus points for keeping my face warm when theres a -20 wind chill.

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No one will do it.

Im sure data shows less police brutality is great for your health yet here we are..

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Thanks Republicans.

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I'd love to have the option

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I'm cool with it. A lot of countries do this.

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if you want to, go ahead. but I won't be.

Too many selfish assholes in this country.

"Yah, i got the flu, but I gots to get my hair did and I ain't wearin no mask! You if you don't want the flu then you stay home you pussy!"

Fucking
Assholes

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Lol good luck fauci. Dude is out of touch if he believes that.

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