"The virus is rampant. We’re still in a pandemic. There’s a lot of complacency at the individual level, and more concerning to me is that at the government level.
"Using masks for respiratory pathogens that transmit through the air is a no-brainer—plus vaccination, plus distancing, plus improving ventilation."
We don’t know everything about this virus. Even in year five, there’s still a lot of research that needs to be done."
@luckytran It never ceases to astound me just how much our society has just decided to pretend that COVID-19 is "just the flu" (which is already BS as the flu does a lot of damage, kills a lot of people, etc) and let it spread like wildfire willingly BEFORE finding out long term effects, death rates, etc...
@luckytran I’m happy that Dr. Van Kerkhove is acknowledging the seriousness of the ongoing pandemic. I do wish that she would take the next step and acknowledge her own role in bringing about the widespread complacency—specifically, her repeatedly denying airborne transmission and downplaying the importance of masks. By describing her own journey from droplet dogma to accepting the current understanding of airborne transmission, she could help others in public health accept it.
@luckytran I wish articles like this would use masked photos of the speaker which would more appropriately match a world in which covid is "rampant". Even if people do nothing but read the headline and see a masked photo before scrolling by, at least it might be a tiny step in planting a seed and/or normalizing masks.