Comment Comment by dataflow > It's like when the CDC first said that masks are ineffective to try to keep people from hoarding them.The way I remember it was more like, the CDC said:- They don't know yet if surgical (and in general, non-N95) masks are effective against COVID-19 spread. They never denied this for N95.- Hospitals are running out of surgical (and N95...) masks, and given the above, people should stop hoarding them.That seemed... pretty reasonable to me?In fact here's a link [1] where Fauci literally said:> When we get in a situation when we have enough masks, there will be serious consideration about more broadening this recommendation of using masks.[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpjmKc2D0Mg&t=1m4s parent dataflow 5 years ago
The way I remember it was more like, the CDC said:
- They don't know yet if surgical (and in general, non-N95) masks are effective against COVID-19 spread. They never denied this for N95.
- Hospitals are running out of surgical (and N95...) masks, and given the above, people should stop hoarding them.
That seemed... pretty reasonable to me?
In fact here's a link [1] where Fauci literally said:
> When we get in a situation when we have enough masks, there will be serious consideration about more broadening this recommendation of using masks.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpjmKc2D0Mg&t=1m4s