The CDC’s new mask guidance guarantees we’ll be too slow for the next surge | Washington Post

CEID Faculty Dr. Ellie Murray and Boston University School of Public Health Assistant Professor Julia Raifman weigh in on the new CDC mask guidance:

“A recommendation for universal masking (as well as increases in supplies of masks and tests) should turn on when case counts alone are on the rise, even if they are not yet high. In the context of a highly transmissible variant such as omicron, a one-week delay in implementing control measures could lead to twice as many cases as well as preventable hospitalizations and deaths.”

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