Fauci’s masking message amid rising COVID cases has doctors sounding off: ‘Will not reduce the spread’

Dr. Anthony Fauci in an interview on Saturday spoke about the potential for a return to mask-wearing in America in mild of a seasonal uptick in COVID cases and hospitalizations.

Now, doctors reached by Fox News Digital are sharing response to the feedback by the former White House chief medical adviser. 

“I am concerned that people will not abide by [masking] recommendations,” Fauci stated in the interview.

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“I would hope that if we get to the point that the volume of cases is such and organizations like the CDC recommends – CDC does not mandate anything – recommends that people wear masks, I would hope that people abide by that recommendation and take into account the risks to themselves and their families,” the physician advised CNN.

Fauci fell simply in need of calling for a return to mandates, nonetheless.

“We’re not talking about mandates or forcing anybody, but when you have a situation where the volume of cases in society gets to a reasonably high level, the vulnerable, the elderly, those with underlying conditions, are going to be more susceptible, if they do get infected, of getting severe disease leading to hospitalization,” Fauci additionally stated.

Masks are ineffective in opposition to ‘large-scale spread,’ says Florida neurosurgeon 

Dr. Brett Osborn, a board-certified neurosurgeon in West Palm Beach, Florida, is also the founder of a preventative health care and anti-aging facility, Senolytix. 

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In response to Fauci’s feedback defending masking, Osborn pointed to “limited efficacy data” for masks — “particularly regarding the large-scale spread of the disease, as was the case during the pandemic,” he advised Fox News Digital. 

“Let’s face it, regardless of mask usage, the population en masse will be exposed to SARS-COV-2, and its variants, as is the case with influenza,” Osborn went on. 

“This is inevitable and independent of quarantines, lockdowns and other measures that only cultivate a sense of false security,” he additionally stated.

Dr. Brett Osborn, a board-certified neurosurgeon in West Palm Beach, Florida, can also be the founding father of a preventative well being care and anti-aging facility, Senolytix. He shared his ideas about the use of masks as we speak. (Dr. Brett Osborn)

Osborn famous that masks could supply a “low level of protection” for people who persistently put on them, “although this is supported by only two randomized controlled trials to date.” 

Said Osborn, “This limited efficacy, in conjunction with the typical antigenic drift of RNA viruses to a less pathogenic strain, does not justify another round of mask mandates, especially since the CDC numbers are in line with increasing hospitalization rates (and their subsequent fall) this past February.” 

“Regardless of mask usage, the population en masse will be exposed to SARS-COV-2 – and its variants — as is the case with influenza.”

“This intermittent fluctuation is the new norm, so expect it — as COVID-19 is here to stay,” he added.

For those that have a fever or signs of COVID and have not but been screened, Osborn stated they might take into account carrying a masks to guard any at-risk folks from an infection. 

For those that have a fever or signs of COVID and have not but been screened, Dr. Osborn of Florida stated they might take into account carrying a masks to guard any at-risk folks from an infection.  (iStock)

“I would make a case for simply avoiding contact and washing your hands, though,” he stated. 

“These are time-tested measures that actually work to reduce the spread of other flu-like illnesses.”

Masks are ‘disruptive’ to children, says Arizona doctor

In response to Fauci’s commentary, Dr. Shana Johnson, a bodily medication and rehabilitation doctor in Scottsdale, Arizona, expressed concern about the potential for a return to in-school masking.

“Masking mandates disproportionately affect and disrupt the education of children, especially those with autism,” Johnson advised Fox News Digital. 

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“In my experience, schools have had a very ‘black and white’ policy when under mask mandates,” she stated.

“I observed disciplining and shaming of neurodivergent as well as typically developing children in elementary and middle schools when they have difficulty wearing a mask.”

Not all youngsters on the autism spectrum can tolerate masks because of sensory sensitivities, Johnson additionally famous. 

“Masking mandates disproportionately affect and disrupt the education of children, especially those with autism,” Johnson advised Fox News Digital.  (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

“If they are disciplined, forced to wear a mask or sent home from school due to poorly tolerating a mask, it is systematically discriminating against them due to their disability,” she stated.

Although mask-wearing could gradual the unfold of COVID-19, Johnson stated, “given the mild nature of COVID-related illness in most children, the heavy enforcement of masks on school children is not reasonable.”

Masks must be a private selection, says Tennessee doctor

Dr. Laura Purdy, a board-certified household medication doctor in Brentwood, Tennessee, identified that COVID is now a fixture of the chilly and flu season.

“We’re going to see COVID cases because this is the time of year when people catch and transmit viruses more easily,” she advised Fox News Digital. “I think that people will do exactly what they did during the original pandemic.”

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The physician stated she doesn’t imagine there may be “much of a point” of the authorities deciding to mandate masks once more, “but, of course, they may recommend it.”

Purdy added, “If people feel like they want or need to wear a mask, then they will do it — and if they don’t, then they won’t.”

Masking will not reduce unfold, says California infectious illness skilled

Dr. John W. Ayers, PhD, vice chief of innovation in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health at the University of California San Diego, famous that pre-pandemic, masking was discouraged by consultants as a result of the proof then was detrimental about the protecting results for the wearer. 

“Fauci’s claims about masking policies, which includes reusable cloth masks and surgical masks, will not reduce the spread of COVID-19,” stated Ayers of California. (iStock)

“For instance, a randomized study of health care providers who wore cloth masks for four weeks in 14 hospitals in Hanoi, Vietnam, during 2011 found they experienced higher rates of respiratory illness, laboratory-confirmed viral infection and influenza-like illness than controls — who followed usual practice while working,” he advised Fox News Digital.

“Guidance by the World Health Organization in January 2020 stated that ‘cloth (e.g. cotton or gauze) masks are not recommended under any circumstance.’”

“Fauci’s claims about masking policies, which includes reusable cloth masks and surgical masks, will not reduce the spread of COVID-19.”

That modified early in the pandemic, he stated, when there was an “abundance of uncertainty.”

“Community masking using cloth or reusable surgical masks was encouraged in the hope that despite the lack of supporting real-world evidence, there may be a community benefit if we all mask,” Ayers went on.

“I am concerned that people will not abide by [masking] recommendations,” Fauci stated in a current interview — sparking a substantial amount of dialogue. (Getty Images)

“It’s important to note that this is contrary to what Fauci is arguing,” the physician stated. “He now says you mask to protect yourself, which the evidence never supported — and says the benefits of community masking on the population is null.”

Said Ayers, “Fauci’s claims about masking policies, which includes reusable cloth masks and surgical masks, will not reduce the spread of COVID-19.”

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While some observational research have supported the concept that group masking would reduce the unfold, Ayers identified that these kinds of research are “biased” and that randomized trials are the “gold standard.”

“The NIAID and Fauci did not fund any trials on community masking in the USA despite a substantial budget,” he stated. 

“It really doesn’t make sense that we did no trials. When it came to masking, we refused to gather robust evidence to support or discourage their use.”

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“As stated, Fauci’s claims about masking policies, which include reusable cloth masks and surgical masks, will not reduce the spread of COVID-19,” Ayers stated.

“A child sent home from school for not wearing a mask is harmed more by the policy than 1,000 years of masking.”

“However, the collateral harm from future mask mandates will certainly eclipse their fictitious benefit,” the physician additionally stated. 

“For instance, a child sent home from school for not wearing a mask is harmed more by the policy than 1,000 years of masking.”