A 3-Step Strategy to Support the New U.S. Mask Mandate

by Devabhaktuni Srikrishna, Joseph Buccina, Dan Hanfling, Monica Gandhi and Donald Milton

January 26, 2021

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Summary.

We couldn’t agree more with the Biden administration’s plea for Americans to wear masks for 100 days and its mandates that people must wear masks on federal property and during interstate travel on airlines, trains, buses, and ships. These actions are crucial to address the surges in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations that are occurring across the United States this winter.

Devabhaktuni Srikrishna is the founder of Patient Knowhow, which curates patient educational content on YouTube and related research on PubMed. He worked on the response to the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in Guinea. Follow him on Twitter at @sri_srikrishna.

Joseph Buccina is a director at In-Q-Tel’s B.Next, a strategic initiative focused on biotechnology and national security.

Dan Hanfling , MD, is a clinical professor of emergency medicine at George Washington University, co-chair of the National Academy of Medicine Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness, and a vice president on the technical staff at In-Q-Tel.

Monica Gandhi , MD, is an infectious disease specialist, professor of medicine, medical director of the Ward 86 HIV Clinic, and director of the Center for AIDS Research at the University of California, San Francisco. Follow her on Twitter at @MonicaGandhi9.

Donald Milton , MD, is a professor of environmental and occupational health at the University of Maryland School of Public Health. Follow him on Twitter at @Don_Milton.

A 3-Step Strategy to Support the New U.S. Mask Mandate

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