NEW: CDC guidance on masks expected to change in next 10 days. Americans will be advised to wear masks in everyday life. Current recommendation is for high-risk groups only.
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Replying to @waltshaub @DrMattMcCarthy
Not wearing masks is exponentially increasing the pileup at the hospitals, putting health care workers more at risk. We can manage the transition through rationing. Everyone would’ve been better off from the start if this had been the recommendation—with rationed distribution.
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Replying to @waltshaub @DrMattMcCarthy
That’s already here. That’s why we need controlled small amount of distribution with instructions on sanitization/reuse till we can ramp up. Not wearing masks is exponentially fueling an epidemic with substantial asymptomatic spread. Health care worker aren’t then better off.
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Replying to @waltshaub @DrMattMcCarthy
I obviously didn’t say that. But the doctors will face even more dire a situation without population wearing masks—including homemade and sanitized-reused ones. The population is already buying masks, and better to manage that top-down through rationing and reuse and homemade.
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Replying to @waltshaub @DrMattMcCarthy
And I'm concerned that 1-CDC doesn't understand that guidelines that don't make sense is making the shortage worse because mistrust fuels hoarding; 2-CDC not recommending a way to get through the shortage while increasing population mask wearing since that's obviously necessary.
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CDC and WHO telling us, incorrectly, that mask use among population isn't helpful (rather than the truth: there is a dire shortage; we have to prioritize medical people while we find a way to get masks to ordinary people) fuels mistrust and panic buying.
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People can see the few countries that have been relatively successful (Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, China after initial screwup) all have, among other things, universal surgical mask wearing. Without CDC guidance, they just go buy whatever masks they find, making things worse.
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