States, cities, and retailers across the country are implementing mandatory mask policies in an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19. But statements from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and World Health Organization earlier in the pandemic may have impacted why people are choosing not to wear a mask. Both organizations now recommend…
The issue of wearing face masks to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in the community has been tricky from the start. Firstly, there was the major global shortage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for frontline health workers, on whom we all depend. Like health authorities everywhere, the HSE was in a panic, scrambling to secure…
A woman wearing a protective face mask salutes as people hold a minute of silence during the last day of the official ten-day mourning of those who died of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Puerta del Sol square in Madrid, Spain June 5, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio PerezLONDON (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) updated its…
