Fauci wants to bring back masks as COVID cases increase

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Dr. Anthony Fauci is urging those who are at risk of health problems to start wearing face masks again as COVID cases see an uptick across the globe.

In a recent interview with MedPage Today, the White House’s former top doc said of masking: “The message is that if you are in a risk category, that you have got to take this seriously.”

Fauci noted seniors suffering from chronic lung disease or obesity are examples of those who should mask up in “closed indoor spaces.”

He acknowledged that while people don’t have to social-distance or cut themselves off from society, they need to be safe, particularly in crowded, closes spaces.

“Certainly, when you get out on an airplane, you should do that,” Fauci added. “And you should be careful to avoid crowded places where you don’t know the status of other people.”

Fauci insisted that people should continue to get vaccinated and boosted on a regular basis.

The former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases revealed he had contracted COVID last month, marking his third bout with the coronavirus, despite having been vaccinated and keeping up with his boosters.

“Under certain circumstances I wear a mask,” Fauci said. “I mean, I always wear a mask when I’m on a plane… I just wear a mask because, despite what people say about the ventilation and the HEPA filters or whatever on an airplane, you’re in a closed tube for eight hours with people.”

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Fauci’s face mask guidelines have long been criticized as people claimed they did not work to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

In testimony to a Republican lawmakers, the retired doctor admitted that he had not followed any studies  regarding the impacts that forced mask wearing had on children, conceding the benefits of masking kids remain “up in the air.”

Health Canada no longer keeps the latest COVID-19 numbers, and instead directs people to their respective provinces. According to Public Health Ontario, the province is at a moderate level and saw a decrease from the previous week.