The top expert in infectious diseases warns that believable face masks will “extremely dangerous” the spread of COVID-19.
Anders Tegnell, Chief Epidemiologist at Sweden’s Public Health Agency – in principle the equivalent of the American Dr. Anthony Fauci, an immunologist and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases who serves on the White House Coronavirus Task Force – says there are no evidence masks limiting the spread of the virus.
“It’s very dangerous to believe that face masks will change the game when it comes to COVID-19,” Tengell was quoted as saying by the Financial Times. “Face masks can be a complement to other things when other things are safely in place,” he said. “But to start with face masks and then think you can follow your buses or your shopping malls – that’s definitely a mistake.”
But the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says just the opposite.
COVID-19 mainly spreads from person to person through respiratory drops produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes, speaks or raises their voice (for example, while crying, singing or singing). These drops can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby or may be inhaled into the lungs. Recent studies show that a significant proportion of individuals with COVID-19 lack symptoms (are ‘asymptomatic’) and that even those who eventually develop symptoms (‘are pre-symptomatic’) can transmit the virus to others before they show symptoms. let, ‘says the GGD.
“To reduce the spread of COVID-19, the CDC recommends that people wear masks in public institutions when they are around people outside their household, especially if other social distance measures are difficult to maintain.”
Tegnell has long expressed doubts about the usefulness of masks. “With figures in Sweden declining very rapidly, we see no point in wearing a face mask in Sweden, not even on public transport,” Tegnell said last month, according to Fortune. “That Sweden has reached these levels is very promising,” Tegnell told reporters in Stockholm at the time. “The curves are going down and the curves for seriously ill people are starting to approach zero.”
The comments from Sweden’s top immunologist came after top Dutch scientists who studied data and research on COVID-19 stated that there was no clear evidence that wearing face masks helped spread the virus. voices.
“Face masks in public places are not necessary, based on all the current evidence,” said Coen Berends, spokeswoman for the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment. “There is no benefit and there can even be negative impact.”
“The position of Holland is based on assessments by the Outbreak Management Team, a group of experts who advise the government. It first ruled out masks in May and has re-evaluated the evidence several times, including last week. It is thought to detract from a clear three-way message that coronavirus deaths have kept up to less than half the rate in Britain: wash hands regularly, keep 1.5 meters social distance and stay home if symptoms suffer, The Daily Mail reported.
” The proof for [masks] is contradictory, ”Christian Hoebe, a professor of infectious diseases in Maastricht and a member of the advisory team, told The Mail. “In general, we think you should be careful with face masks, as they can give a false sense of security. People think they are immune to disease or stop social distance. That is very negative. ”
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