White House Chief Medical Officer Anthony Fauci discussed the use of a mask on ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Friday as local governments across the country weaken restrictions due to the improvement in the number of coronaviruses.
Fauci stressed the importance of wearing masks at this time, but said the length of the mask should not be measured in years. However, he states that “we will be wearing masks for a few months.”
‘There is still the most important need to wear masks. “I think we still have to do it,” Fauci said as he campaigned for a safe and gradual reopening of the country.
“If you have a need for masks, do you mean for a time – in the foreseeable future – a year, two years, three years?” asked host George Stephanopoulos.
‘I’m not so sure it’s been measured in years, George, but I think until we get the virus level at such a low level in the community, and I said a projection – and it’s just a projection – which hopefully by the If we have vaccinated all the people, let’s say 70-85% of the people who are vaccinated, the level of viruses in the community may be so low that you can retreat a little to strict measures for public health , ‘he replied. “You do not want to do everything at once, but I think we will wear masks in a few more months in the future.”
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