Midlands Voices: Universal mask wearing is truly necessary during this health crisis
Talks of Nebraska but certainly applies to all states
Midlands Voices: Universal mask wearing is truly necessary during this health crisis
By James Lawler, Daniel Johnson and Sara Bares Jun 15, 2020 Updated Jun 15, 2020
https://www.omaha.com/opinion/midlands-voices-universal-mask-wearing-is-truly-necessary-during-this-health-crisis/article_71fa99b3-bf1c-567c-b9d1-3d12fb8e210f.html
The writers are all M.D.s at Nebraska Medicine and faculty members at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
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Your safety, and the safety of your family and your neighbors, rest upon the actions you take in the coming weeks and months. So, what can you do?
You can start by wearing a mask.
Every citizen must commit to preventing spread if we are to make it through the summer without another major wave of infections. One of the most important actions is to wear a face mask or facial covering in public or when within six feet of someone who does not live in your house. We know that a mask reduces the likelihood that the wearer will infect other people, and because so many people with COVID-19 are completely symptom-free, masking has a large impact in reducing transmission.
In addition, universal mask-wearing in hospitals has dramatically reduced COVID-19 infection rates among health care workers, indicating that masks may protect the wearer as well. Masks also provide an important behavioral cue for increasing social distancing and hygiene.
Some Nebraskans seem to think that the danger of COVID-19 is overblown, or that the disease affects only older people and the sick. Daily rounds on our COVID critical care service tell us differently. A recent day’s census for critically ill patients with COVID-19 — 35 — was higher than ever, and of those, half were under the age of 60, and half were on ventilators..........................................
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