Terrible consequence of the new mask CDC guidance is that people cannot protect themselves from infection.

A person who is sick (even if they don't know it) should be wearing a mask to protect others. It is not just wearing a mask that protects a person from being infected.

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The new CDC mask guidelines do not follow the science. They are inconsiderate and cruel:

People who need/want to protect themselves cannot.

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It should be clear that prevention requires societal responsibility not individual responsibility.

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The guidelines reduce protections for individuals and also will lead to more widespread infections across the society.

The guidelines and the removal of mandates will add additional suffering and prolong the pandemic.

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CovidActionGroup Statement

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covidactiongroup.net/mask-guidance

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Rapid short lockdown is a model for pandemic response

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Taiwan has been highly effective in pandemic control, so that there has been almost no community transmission since the beginning. The star of the show has been its quarantine system.

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Boris Johnson vowed to take strong action against any new variants entering the country.

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Taiwan, which has had very few community cases throughout the past year, has recently loosened its border restrictions and is now seeing its largest community spread since the beginning of the pandemic.

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Previously, nearly all of Taiwan's cases were caught at the border via mandatory quarantines. This allowed the rest of the country to remain fully open for most of the year.

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The government is warning that it may reach 8,000 cases in June if regulations are not followed.

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Plotted on the same axes (see vertical scales on both sides) we can see the time delay between cases and deaths clearly. The delay is due to progression of the disease and to reporting delays.

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UK's cases and deaths continue to improve as vaccinations help to stop transmission, but slowly due to partial reopening

A more rapid decline would both prevent cases and allow more complete reopening. Optimizing a dynamic process is different from optimizing static level

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