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Zach Epstein
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- The CDC recently revised its coronavirus guidelines to recommend against the use of face masks with valves, including many types of popular KN95 and N95 face masks.
- While there is certainly logic behind the recommendation, the CDC offers no data to support its new stance on masks with exhalation valves.
- The lack of supporting data isn't why you should disregard the Commission's new recommendation, but there are two main reasons why this particular guidance from the CDC should be ignored.
As new coronavirus case numbers continue to soar across the United States, the rate of new deaths is increasing in 21 states around the country. There have now been more than 5.2 million cases of COVID-19 recorded in the US alone, and more than 165,000 people have died of complications associated with the disease. Remember when people — including the president of the United States — repeatedly insisted that this new coronavirus wasn't a serious problem? Remember when Trump and others said more people die of the flu? Well, the CDC estimates that around 34,200 people died of the flu in the US during the 2018-2019 flu season. Nearly twice that many Americans died of COVID-19… in the month of April alone.
Anti-maskers and coronavirus deniers are a huge part of the problem. The more extreme cases are people who actually think that COVID-19 is a hoax, like the Texas man who called it a "scamdemic" and said that "the mainstream media and the Democrats were using [the COVID-19 hoax] to create panic, crash the economy and destroy Trump’s chances at re-election." He later contracted COVID-19, spread the disease to his entire family, and caused the death of at least one of his relatives. Less extreme cases aren't necessarily as unhinged, but they still believe the virus is being blown out of proportion and they refuse to wear face masks as a result. Masks are crucial to slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus and to keeping local healthcare systems from being overwhelmed. For many people, however, face masks aren't just about slowing the spread of the virus, they're also about preventing oneself and one's family from being infected.
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