COVID-19 could be controlled in 1-2 months if people wear masks: CDC Director Robert Redfield

[groundloop]

Source: ABC News

Robert Redfield, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, believes "the most powerful weapon we have" against the novel coronavirus is wearing face coverings, washing hands and "being smart about social distancing."

"If we all rigorously did this, we could really bring this outbreak back to where it needs to be," Redfield told the Journal of the American Medical Association via video on Tuesday.

Coronavirus cases are surging across the U.S., from California to Texas to Florida. More than 3.4 million people in the country have been diagnosed with the coronavirus and over 136,00 people have died.

"I really do believe if the American public all embraced masking now and we really did it, you know, rigorously ... I think if we can get everybody to wear a mask right now, I really do think over the next four to six, eight weeks, we can bring this epidemic under control," Redfield said.

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FUCK IT..... If our damned pResident had been a leader and pushed social responsibility when all this was just starting we'd be out of the woods right now.

[totodeinhere]

1. It blows my mind how cavalier some people can be on this topic.

At my local supermarket there is a sign at the entrance announcing that they require masks. And there is an employee right there to give out a mask to anyone who doesn't have one.

And yet some people actually take their mask off after they enter the store. I guess they think they're pretty smart. But they are not. They're stupid.

I always feel like saying something when I see people like that but I don't. I don't want there to be a confrontation or an incident. I have read about fights breaking out over conflicts over masks. It's crazy.

[SunSeeker]

8. Those Covidiots infuriate me. By refusing to wear masks, they are endangering our lives!

And for what reason?????

[totodeinhere]

9. Maybe because they worship their evil cult leader. n/t

[BigmanPigman]

2. Don't listen to the scientists, listen to corrupt

and desperate leaders instead. Sure. That always works out so well.

[warmfeet]

3. If.

Not likely in this barren waste land of die hards.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. New Zealand has no cases. They locked down hard, early, and fast. /nt

[SunSeeker]

10. Yep. This is all on Trump. ALL of it. nt

[benld74]

5. But but but u taken away my liberty

If you make me do that
Nt

[OneCrazyDiamond]

6. If.

[SunSeeker]

7. We've known this since at least June.

A Cambridge University study released June 10 proved widespread mask wearing keeps the "R" value at below 1.0, i.e. keeps the daily number of cases from increasing:  https://uk.mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUKL8N2DN1M7

[lagomorph777]

11. Trump would definitely want this to happen if his goal was to get elected in November.

But his goal is to collect that fat Pay For Slay paycheck from Putin.

[tinrobot]

12. We knew that in March, yet here we are back at square one.

Thanks a lot, dimwits.