On 2/3/2021 8:33 AM, trader_4 wrote:
On Tuesday, February 2, 2021 at 6:43:30 AM UTC-5, wrote:
On Monday, February 1, 2021 at 5:07:47 PM UTC-5, apollo wrote:
Should you wear two masks, as Dr. Anthony Fauci has recently recommended?

Not if you’re wise, says an infectious disease expert.

Epidemiologist Michael Osterholm, a professor at the University of Minnesota and a Biden transition team advisor, made his
comments both in an interview with WCCO Radio last week and also on Meet the Press on Sunday.

The professor, head of his university’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy, “said Fauci’s recommendation to wear
two masks at once to stop viral infections made no epidemiological sense,” The College Fix, writes, reporting on Osterholm’s
WCCO appearance.


https://thenewamerican.com/universit...ouble-masking/
Putting "university" at the beginning of your subject line means nothing.

Osterholm has a PhD in environmental health, and a MPH in epidemiology,
all from the University of Minnesota.

That said, his resume overall is quite impressive.

Experts can legitimately disagree. I wouldn't necessarily take this guy's
expertise over Fauci's.

Cindy Hamilton

I saw this guy on Meet the Depressed Sunday. He's been on there many times.
I was surprised how doom and gloom he was this time on what he claims is
coming. He says we are in for a huge surge, the worst is yet to come, due to
the new variants. Seemed to me he was going way out on a limb with that
prediction, especially when the curve is down about 40% from where it was just
a few weeks ago. Seems to me that if we didn't hit epic disaster last month,
there is a decent chance that we have hit the peak and it;s not going to get
worse than that. But we'll see. And dr. O wasn't saying that we might be
headed for the worst part, he said it's a certainty.




The "doom and gloom" has been echoed recently by other infectious
disease and public health experts. The basis for their concern is that
so far in this pandemic, the U.S. experience has usually mirrored the
U.K. experience but a number of weeks to months later. Current thinking
is that the recent U.S. surge was directly related to year-end holiday
travel and celebrations with many people gathering closely who didn't
live in the same immediate household. U.S. numbers are now back down to
approx. their pre-Thanksgiving level.

The U.K. medical care system is overwhelmed right now due to the new
U.K. variant of the Covid virus, which is much more contagious than the
initial variant. U.S. infectious disease and public health experts
predict that the U.K. variant, which is already circulating in the U.S.
will become the predominant variant in the U.S. by mid-March and that
the U.S. number of infections, hospitalizations, and deaths will all
skyrocket unless our population is more compliant with masking, social
distancing, hand-washing, and participation in the vaccination program.
There is concern about this coming weekend (the Superbowl) spawning
multiple super-spreader events. Considering both the Superbowl and the
growing penetration of the U.K. variant in the U.S. population, there is
great concern about a renewed surge that could be even worse than the
one we just endured.

Recent epidemiologic data shows that the group most responsible for
spread of the infection is the 20-49 year old cohort. They probably
feel that they are much less likely to experience serious or fatal
outcomes than those older (true), but fail to appreciate that they are
the group most likely to give a serious or fatal case to their older
friends, co-workers, and relatives.