Americans at high risk advised to wear masks as new Covid variant detected
Americans at high risk advised to wear masks as new Covid variant detected
Americans at high risk advised to wear masks as new Covid variant detected
As authorities revealed that a new Covid-19 variant has been detected in the US, medical experts are emphasizing that high-risk persons resume masking to prevent potentially deadly infection. Warnings from these physicians come amid an ongoing increase in Covid-19 hospitalizations.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said that scientists have discovered a new coronavirus variant, BA 2.86, during routine monitoring of wastewater. Officials said that this variant’s “large number of mutations” has prompted concerns that it could evade immunity derived from vaccination and prior infections more than other variants.
I stopped wearing money because I have been vaccinated 4 time now for covid, and then I finally got covid a few months ago. Doesn't help as much either when everyone else stops masking. If you have covid, masking helps limit the spread, yes. But if you don't have coivd, and you're the only one wearing a mask, it's markedly less effective at preventing covid. But, the larger point I'm trying to make is that a larger percentage of people are vaccinated now and/or have a level of protection from covid from getting it, or both. So, the calculated risk is far different than it was 2-3 years ago. That said, when I get on a plane, I wear a mask still. Those places are sess pools for getting sick.
Worth noting that is mostly only true for cloth masks. The person you're replying to said N95, which do a lot better at protecting the individual wearing them even when others aren't masked.
Obviously if only one person is wearing a mask and not the other(s), it's less effective, but it's still VERY effective.
I've properly masked up, along with my girlfriend, since the beginning, and neither of us have gotten COVID yet.
We've been to weddings, conferences, shows, events, friends, families, shopping, etc. and we are still good. Even places where people have tested positive after, and we're still good.
People have a weird perception that visiting family and friends is safe, but if your family and friends don't mask up, they're opening you up to thousands if not hundreds of thousands of potential exposure in their day to day life.
We are also extra cautious about sanitizing our hands when removing or putting the mask on, we don't shove our masks in our pocket, we shower as soon as we get home, and we wipe down our groceries to prevent any germs. Colds and flus can last 24 hours on surfaces, so we treat COVID the same way. Actually, we treat COVID as if it lasts 3 days on surfaces.
The biggest issue is people don't protect themselves properly. Chewing your fingernails in the grocery store, or bringing your dirty ass phone home and not wiping it down when you get in the door is keeping the spread going.
Mine* = money (don't know why I can't edit my comment)
Havent even had the sniffles in like almost 4 years. Y'all can keep your gross ass germs to yourself 🤗
You mean, you haven't gotten sick from someone else's germs? You know how facemasks work right?
Cause I got 3 vaccines, I work from home, and it itches my smooth little baby face
The pandemic didn't end. Everyone assumed that it ended, but it didn't. OP is being cautious.
I had mine stitched to my face.