Paul A Sobotka, MD, FACC, FAHA Profile picture
“ We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." - Elie W #heartfailure
Sep 16, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read
COVID prevention strategy is to extinguish the infection by reducing Ro<1. Either compliance with mask use and/or highly effective widely accepted vaccines can succeed. But, the lower the effectiveness of vaccines, or more refuseniks, the more masks are needed to succeed. #ONEV1 ⅔: thus, the lower the effective vaccine rates (the rate of success in prevention of infection x % of use of vaccines)the greater the requirement for use of masks to achieve the goal of extinguishing COVID.