Why face mask guidance has changed so much -- and how wearing masks can protect the economy

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First, health officials said we shouldn't wear face masks. Then, they said we should. Now, many are saying we must wear masks if we want to keep the economy open and save tens of thousands of lives.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now says everyone"should wear a cloth face cover when they have to go out in public, for example to the grocery store or to pick up other necessities."

-- It's easy to spread the coronavirus without any symptoms -- either from asymptomatic carriers or pre-symptomatic carriers. There was also a shortage of N95 respirators and face masks among health care workers who were quickly overwhelmed with Covid-19 patients. Some medical workers ended up using plastic office report covers or other ordinary items as makeshift, often substandard face masks while working closely with Covid-19 patients.

The nation's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, is strongly urging the public to wear face masks -- especially now that states have reopened, more people are out in public and new Covid-19 hospitalizations are surging in many areas. "There's no reason that every state shouldn't do what other states are starting to do, which is mandate mask use."

 

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