US nurses union led by Fil-Am slams CDC advise on no more need to wear masks

In a statement, the National Nurses Union said the newest CDC guidance is “not based on science, does not protect public health, and threatens the lives of patients, nurses, and other frontline workers across the country”.

Filipino-American Zenei Cortez, the current NNU president, warned "more unnecessary, preventable infections and deaths among nurses and other frontline workers" will occur if the OSHA does not issue a COVID-19 emergency temporary standard . “If the CDC had fully recognized the science on how this deadly virus is transmitted, this new guidance would never have been issued," NNU' Jean Ross also added.Earlier, the CDC said the recently released guidance will prod more Americans to get vaccinated.

"We followed the science here," Walensky said adding, "a coalescence of more science that has emerged just in the last week."

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US nurses union led by Fil-Am slams CDC advise on no more need to wear masksThe largest union of registered nurses in the US, led by a Filipino-American, slammed on Sunday the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) recent advisory that that fully vaccinated people do not need to wear masks outdoors and can avoid wearing them indoors in most places.
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