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New Yorkers have been advised to mask up over Labor Day weekend due to concerns about the new Covid variant EG.5.
The New York Health Department has issued an advisory, recommending that residents wear masks.
“As cases rise, precautions become increasingly important, especially for our most vulnerable New Yorkers who are older, disabled, or have underlying health conditions. Staying up to date with COVID-19 vaccines, along with other proven prevention tools – like masking, testing, and staying home when sick – continue to be our best defense against COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses,” NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan said.
“Antibodies from vaccination and prior infection will continue to provide some protection, as will available antiviral treatments like Paxlovid, which is still effective against all circulating strains of COVID-19,” he said.
Statement from @NYCHealthCommr on the BA.2.86 COVID-19 variant ⬇️
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The Daily Mail reported:
New Yorkers are being told to consider masking up this Labor Day weekend due to concerns about rising Covid cases and two new variants.
A spokesman for NYC’s health department told DailyMail.com that wearing a mask may be a ‘good idea’ in crowded indoor areas this weekend when people are expected to congregate in large groups for the holidays.
But they also expressed that ‘nothing about the guidance has changed’ and that the city currently had no plans to make masks compulsory.
A multitude of studies have consistently proven that masks are not effective in preventing the transmission of Covid or other respiratory illnesses.
The Cochrane Study, which was released in late January, stands as one of the most rigorous and extensive studies on masking. It revealed that masks do almost nothing to prevent the spread of respiratory diseases.
Prior to 2020, this fact was well understood by the medical community. However, in 2020, Dr. Fauci recommended mask-wearing, even for healthy people, as a measure to “prevent the spread” of COVID, and unfortunately, a majority of the medical community went along with it.
