“When the history books are written about the use of non-pharmacologic measures during this pandemic, we will look as pre-historic and barbaric and tribal as our ancestors during the plagues of the middle ages”
Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, hematologist-oncologist and associate professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco
Via Twitter, a comment from Harvard Global Health and Social Medicine professor Salmaan Keshavjee:
The attached article is a really important read. The focus on masks sadly obfuscates the bigger gap: investments in technologies that would stop transmission of aerosols (vs droplets) like ventilation and upper room germicidal lighting. That's where we need to invest.
The Pointless Drive To Make Masks Great Again
“When the history books are written about the use of non-pharmacologic measures during this pandemic, we will look as pre-historic and barbaric and tribal as our ancestors during the plagues of the middle ages”
Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, hematologist-oncologist and associate professor of medicine at the University of California San Francisco
https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/vinay-prasad/93803
Via Twitter, a comment from Harvard Global Health and Social Medicine professor Salmaan Keshavjee:
The attached article is a really important read. The focus on masks sadly obfuscates the bigger gap: investments in technologies that would stop transmission of aerosols (vs droplets) like ventilation and upper room germicidal lighting. That's where we need to invest.
https://twitter.com/s_keshavjee/status/1420587895103049728?s=21