Europe’s Top Health Officials Say Masks Aren’t Helpful in Beating COVID-19 – IOTW Report

Europe’s Top Health Officials Say Masks Aren’t Helpful in Beating COVID-19

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enmark boasts one of the lowest COVID-19 death rates in the world. As of August 4, the Danes have suffered 616 COVID-19 deaths, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University.

That’s less than one-third of the number of Danes who die from pneumonia or influenza in a given year.

Despite this success, Danish leaders recently found themselves on the defensive. The reason is that Danes aren’t wearing face masks, and local authorities for the most part aren’t even recommending them.

This prompted Berlingske, the country’s oldest newspaper, to complain that Danes had positioned themselves “to the right of Trump.”

“The whole world is wearing face masks, even Donald Trump,” Berlingske pointed out.

This apparently did not sit well with Danish health officials. They responded by noting there is little conclusive evidence that face masks are an effective way to limit the spread of respiratory viruses.

“All these countries recommending face masks haven’t made their decisions based on new studies,” said Henning Bundgaard, chief physician at Denmark’s Rigshospitale, according to Bloomberg News. (Denmark has since updated its guidelines to encourage, but not require, the use of masks on public transit where social distancing may not be possible.)  

Denmark is not alone.

4 Comments on Europe’s Top Health Officials Say Masks Aren’t Helpful in Beating COVID-19

  1. And before the current storm of political correctness, so did CDC, WHO, NIH and OSHA.

    It’s a revival of the “pots and pans” drives in WWII, it’s a placebo to make people (dumb ones at lest) think they are doing something “to help”.

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  2. Face Diaper
    Facial Depends

    btw, speaking of Johns Hopkins …. very sad & scary that health care organizations have become so political
    https://twitter.com/DPotcner/status/1291087797147897856

    DC’s Sibley Hospital
    https://twitter.com/DPotcner/status/1290105857452077056

    Anne Arundel Medical Center
    https://twitter.com/DPotcner/status/1291433262116675587

    Baltimore ER MedStar Harbor
    https://twitter.com/DPotcner/status/1291471266445049861

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