Why didn t the U.S. recommend wearing masks at the beginning of the pandemic?

In the interview, Fauci, director of the American Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, admitted that the reason the United States did not recommend that the public wear masks at the beginning of the epidemic was because of concerns about not having enough masks. However, with"Changes in the actual situation"and the advent of related studies, ** began to gradually change its recommendations.

Fauci said in an interview that they initially did not recommend masks to protect frontline health care workers, as many public health experts feared that personal protective equipment, including N95 masks and medical masks, would not be enough. According to the report, the United States' mask stockpile was almost exhausted in early April, and Trump had to use the Defense Production Act at the end of March to urgently produce medical protective equipment. Fauci said they want to prioritize the protective needs of frontline health care workers so that they have enough masks.

Fauci said that as the epidemic has developed, the United States** has gradually learned about the effects of different types of masks: "Now we have masks, and we know that if you're the general public, just walking down the street, you don't need an N95 mask." We also know that many people cover their faces with cloth, which in many cases can be as effective as wearing a mask.

Fauci also admits that while a mask doesn't provide 100% protection, it's certainly better than not wearing one. "It prevents you from infecting other people, because even if you feel good about yourself, you can be asymptomatic." Plus, "it prevents you from being infected by other people in various ways such as coughing, sneezing, droplets, etc." In Redondo Beach, California, USA, a local fitness center reopened, and students exercised in plastic fitness cabins to maintain social distancing.

At present, there are more than 2.13 million confirmed cases of new crown in the United States and 10,000 deaths. Despite the growing COVID situation in the United States, the CDC has never recommended that Americans wear masks. It took a long time for them to advise the general public to use simple cloth face coverings instead of personal protective equipment such as medical masks and N95 masks.

Because there are not many masks in the United States, if you wear a mask in the early stage, there will be a shortage of masks.

That's because they don't know the power of the new crown pneumonia, Trump doesn't let them wear masks, they yearn for freedom, and they would rather die than wear a mask.

Because Americans feel that they are in good health and will not get this disease, they have professional vaccines to prevent it, and wearing a mask will make everyone think that they are very sick.

The epidemic situation abroad has been fully relaxed. All the epidemics abroad have been liberalized, even Singapore has been liberalized, and there is no need to wear masks in gathering places.

UK: A new wave of hospitalisations and deaths is on the rise, and since the UK** announced its "Living with COVID" plan in February, people who test positive do not need to self-isolate and no longer trace close contacts, but they are accompanied by high epidemic data.

United States: After a dinner party, the new coronavirus "invaded" the palace of power, compared with the epidemic data of more than one million daily confirmed cases in early 2022, the new cases in the United States have recently dropped sharply to about 40,000. But worryingly, with the spread of the Omicron strain, the incidence of new crown in the United States has risen again.

According to the latest statistics from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in the week ending April 2, the number of infected people accounted for about 72% of new crown cases in the United States, including 84% in New York and New Jersey.