Surgeon general: Data doesn't back up wearing masks in public amid coronavirus pandemic
He added, “If you have a mask and it makes you feel better, then by all means wear it, but know that the more you touch your face the more you put yourself at risk and know that right now the data isn't quite there to say that there is a net benefit to the individual of wearing a mask.”
One of the things [the general public] shouldn’t be doing is going out and buying masks … It has not been proven to be effective in preventing the spread of coronavirus amongst the general public … Folks who don’t know how to wear them properly tend to touch their faces a lot, and actually can increase the spread of coronavirus. You can increase your risk of getting it by wearing a mask if you are not a healthcare provider.
Adams also said that
N95 respirator masks aren’t as effective for the general public as one might think, saying N95 masks “have to get fit-tested.”
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams said on “Fox & Friends” on Tuesday that “the data doesn't show” that wearing masks helps people during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Wednesday January 13, 2021
Surgeon General Doubles Down: Masks Increase Virus Risk
Wednesday January 13, 2021
What the World Health Organization and the CDC have reaffirmed in the last few days is that they do not recommend the general public wear masks," Adams told
Fox News' "Fox and Friends." "There was a study in 2015 looking at medical students. And medical students wearing surgical masks touch their faces on average 23 times. We know a major way that you can get respiratory diseases like coronavirus is by touching a surface and then touching your face."
Surgeon General Jerome Adams Tuesday doubled down on his advice against healthy people wearing face masks to protect themselves from coronavirus, saying that wearing one improperly can "actually increase your risk" of getting the disease.
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Oh and for you SNOPES type FACT CHECKERS:
What's True
In public statements in early 2020, the surgeon general had recommended against the general public buying or wearing masks.
What's False
However, in light of new evidence from the CDC, he changed his views and has since argued in favor of people wearing cloth facial coverings in public settings.
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Jerome Adams' comments from early 2020 were re-shared and went viral months after he changed his opinion about the benefit of wearing COVID-19 protective masks.
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