Wearing
>a surgical mask would be about as effective as wearing a baseball
catcher's
>mask to prevent viral spread; that is how tiny viruses are.


Agreed!  But I think they may have intended it to prevent mom from
inadvertantly rubbing her eyes, nose, or mouth and contaminating her
hands, as (if I remember correctly) the influenza virus is transmitted by
nasopharyngeal secretions on hands and surfaces rather than airborne.

I wrote a letter also, with my MD and MPH/MS candidate degrees, though
mine was less eloquent than the previously posted.

Shannon McElearney, MD
PGY4, General Surgery
University of Virginia

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