Experts say that even when daily life returns to normal, it's likely Americans and others around the world will still be wearing masks. - TODAYShow
"I think that you're going to need to wear masks for as long as COVID is a threat, and COVID is going to be a threat until you have a vaccine," Soe-Lin said."If you read different plans for re-opening the economy, the plan is to really put a chokehold on and only open the economy when the number of cases has fallen to a level that the hospitals can manage ... but masks would still be an important thing to cut down on transmission until you have a vaccine.
"Masks are one of the most equitable interventions we have," Soe-Lin said."We know not everyone can socially distance, but everyone can cover their face." Saad Omer, the director of the Yale Institute for Global Health, agreed with Soe-Lin's assessment of the situation, and said that masks might be needed for an even longer period of time"Even when a vaccine becomes available, the measures will outlast the release of the vaccine," said Omer, who is also a professor at the Yale School of Medicine and teaches about infectious diseases."We are in uncharted territory right now. Vaccines will vary by country, by mode of delivery ...
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