Health experts suggest bringing back the use of COVID-19 face masks.
Ever since efficient vaccines were developed and mass-produced, infection cases, as well as hospitalizations slowly declined.
Based on the official data of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevent, COVID-19 cases in the United States continuously dropped from July until September.
CDC explained that people are now becoming less vulnerable to the novel coronavirus because of vaccines and vaccine booster shots.
If this is the case, why do health experts want people to wear face masks again?
Health Experts Suggest Bringing Back COVID-19 Face Masks
ABC News reported that certain health experts told them that some people may still need to wear face masks.
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"My recommendation to people would be to mask when in indoor crowded space," said Johns Hopkins University Professor Dr. Stuart Ray.
Aside from Dr. Ray, Dr. Shira Doron from Tufts Medical Center in Boston explained that masks greatly lessened COVID-19 transmissions in hospitals and other health facilities.
She added that although she was working with infected patients, she didn't contract the deadly virus.
Because of this, Dr. Doron believed that face masks and other PPEs (Personal Protective Equipment) can really prevent COVID-19 infections.
Will US Residents Accept This Suggestion?
Of course, health experts already know that it will be hard to convince U.S. residents to wear face masks again.
This will be difficult, especially since many states and cities in the U.S. already lifted their face mask mandates.
But, there are still some cities that require people to put on their face coverings. These include Denver, San Francisco, as well as Los Angeles.
On WHO's official website, the health agency said that face masks can still protect healthy individuals from COVID-19.
The World Health Organization also explained that these face coverings can reduce onward COVID-19 transmissions.
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Written by Griffin Davis
