COVID update: CDC releases new guidance on mask wearing | USA TODAY

CDC releases new guidance on mask wearing.
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The CDC previously encouraged mask wearing to help prevent people from spreading COVID-19 to others.

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48 comments

    1. @moe bezz ~ the CDC is not a part of the American federal government. They are a for profit private corporation that is open for business and they make 100’s of millions of dollars from vaccines alone. Seems like a conflict of interest doesn’t it?

    2. @moe bezz lol you can believe your cnn all you want. Just go back and look and cdc recommendations and the way things were said in other countries as it came out. Just one example: italy stated it was airbourne way before our cdc did and they denied it was airborne at first. Go recheck

    3. @Matt N buddy you do realize that it’s those people’s fault for eating at fast foods which then led to heart disease… No one forced them to eat it so they can get the disease did they? Covid on the other hand is everywhere and you can’t control if you get or don’t get it can you? See the difference?:)

    4. @Jawsome_ Kid
      What’s amazing with you people is how you try to explain to me my own comments. I know exactly what I said and what it means and exactly what corona virus is and what it means. Your so used to talking to idiots who fall for your nonsense. You fail to see the point that the government has no right to shut down peoples lives and destroy business and mentally tramatize children. It’s a control issue of comunist thinking. You don’t seem to understand the bigger picture.

  1. i want to make life decisions based on a company’s ignorance and constant indecsion on mask wearing effectiveness.

    1. It’s a new virus so they’re learning things as we go there not changing their mind dumbass

    2. The fact you think safety precautions would change due to a virus that isnt substantially more deadly in fact might mean you are that in which you called me.. how many f’n masks can you put on your face at one time you idiot?

    1. @gottagowork It was a rhetorical question. Point being, the moisture droplets don’t go through the mask at all – they just go around it.

    2. @Kcducttaper1 That comes from the way you wear the mask thankfully, so as long as you wear a surgical mask, or any mask for that matter, it is making a difference.

    3. ​@The Fallen D.W. by Reese G. Unless you actually seal it up with some sort of gasket material (rubber, tape, etc), it still shoots out the top/sides/bottom of the mask. If you don’t believe me, take a puff of smoke/vape/fog/whatever, pop a mask on, and exhale.

  2. If these stupid masks 😷 stop viruses 🦠 then why do people who work with infectious viruses in labs wear a complete suit with helmets and pumped in oxygen instead of these disposable masks and hankies people wrap around their heads 🤔

    1. 😂😂😂🤦🏻‍♂️Exactly. And people still think a little mask or scarf is going to protect them.

    2. A mask does not do much to help yourself, but people not wearing a mask puts other people at a much higher risk. If everyone wears a mask, the disease stops spreading. If one person doesn’t, the disease keeps spreading amongst everyone who comes in contact with it. The whole point of wearing a mask is to stop you from spreading it, not the other way around. The people who work in labs and such handle diseases far more lethal and contagious than this one, meaning they have to take a crap ton more precautions to ensure it doesn’t go public. The masks don’t stop viruses from coming in, they stop them from coming out nearly as easily. And to be on the contrary here it would be quite difficult to have absolutely every single person essentially wearing a thousand dollar hazmat suit. Thankfully you people have some sense about you, I’ve seen a lot of people who are just completely ridiculous to hear and respond to.

  3. The top infections expert in Sweden recently said that masks and lockdowns are useless in preventing the spread of Coronavirus.

    1. Masks were made mandatory in Victoria Australia and they are now on double donut day no.14… 14 days straight with zero new cases and zero new deaths. Sweden, going towards heard immunity, at the peak of their 1st wave in March were reporting just under 1,700 cases a day. In the last week they are reporting triple that amount of new cases a day. Sweden 601 deaths/million and rising, Australia 35 deaths/million and static. I don’t need a professional to explain the science when the results are obvious.

  4. Why does . He not get off the Golden throne he thinks he . Sits on
    And leave the Peoples House? Ok.thats all people now ask.

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