NEW: New York City has just issued an advisory for everyone to wear a mask in public spaces because COVID levels are high in all 5 boroughs.

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Issuing an advisory for all New Yorkers to mask up because COVID levels are high is a step in the right direction. However, the best way to increase mask wearing is to issue a mask mandate & distribute free N95 masks. The New York City Mayor and Health Commissioner need to take more action!

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@luckytran Yep, also a FFP3/N95 respirator mask should be the norm, not just if positive for covid! ❗
@luckytran What needs to be made clearer is the mask primary purpose is NOT to protect the wearer but to protect others from a virus the wearer may unwittingly be carrying. It's fine to not care about your own health but it's selfish to put the health of others at risk. #masks #Covid19
@luckytran By the time NY and LA remember the word “mandatory”, it may be too late to matter.
@luckytran oh my gosh, is this a prank or did they really do this? I'm proud of them if they did.🥰... And if you are pranking me, 😫!
@luckytran won’t be long before the government here in UK has to decide one way or the other
@luckytran Cue Fox "News" to have a cow.
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Ohh nooooo. Poor New Yorkers and visitors. Please wear a mask, wash your hands, carry hand sanitizer - you know the drill. Learn ASL - that way, you don’t have to drop your mask to be understood. 🤟🏼
P.S. I almost forgot! If you support t.rump and cabal, hold your breath.
@luckytran this is so sensible. Well done NY.
@luckytran Yikes. Traveling to NYC next week, not looking forward to this
@luckytran needed to have seen this before the conference I attended this morning.
@luckytran that's good and I hope it helps, but, er, haven't all five boroughs been at high CDC community level for a while, since before Thanksgiving? Maybe they went down and back up and I didn't notice.
@kdnyhan They’ve been up and down at various points. This is the first time all 5 are high at the same time. That said we are vastly undercounting COVID tests (we aren’t counting home tests), so likely the real “Community Levels” have been high for a while, as the hospitalizations component has been constantly high, while oddly the number of positive cases has fluctuated (likely a testing issue).
@luckytran Unless New York City makes it's mandatory, the vast majority (90% by my estimate) will not wear a mask.
@darnell yep, the city needs to make masks mandatory during surges. The data tells us it’s the most effective way of increasing mask wearing.
@luckytran Could that even work nowadays‽ Conservative judges have been striking down mask mandates now, & even President Biden has given up on forcing the masses to wear masks.
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Cases in the US now over 50,000/day (reported) and 300 deaths/day.
@luckytran I never stopped wearing one in public
@luckytran should ≠ mandated, right?
@luckytran that is a REALLY well written mask advisory! I’m impressed!
@luckytran I don't see a lot of traction, unfortunately.