The obligation to wear masks in enclosed spaces has been canceled following the decrease in morbidity: Assuta Hospital Chairman, Prof. Shuki Shemer, spoke this evening (Sunday) with Aryeh Eldad and Roni Bar On on 103FM and addressed the new guidance from the Ministry of Health.
""The state wants to allow its citizens to continue to lead a comfortable daily life as much as possible. Overall, we see the data, we see that there is a fairly continuous decrease in the level of infection, and it is also important that the public has confidence in when masks are needed and when they are not.".
""The decision to ease it is correct, because it is quite burdensome. At the same time, the state certainly did a good job in recommending that older people wear masks in hospitals, geriatric institutions, and assisted living facilities. Overall, I think it is a good decision.".
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He said, "If I get on public transportation today, I will put the mask on my face and I am quite protected, it provides protection with a very high probability. I know a couple who two weeks ago were in a pub in New York when everyone there was dancing, only the lady was the one wearing a mask, her husband got infected and she got infected from him. The mask provides quite a bit of protection. They protect.".
Assuta Hospital Chairman: "This is proof that the state and the Ministry of Health are giving instructions after careful examination, and today, when we see that the incidence is decreasing, it is the right decision. Time will not pass and they will stop the tests at the airport, and it is possible that later on, other places will also stop the masks. This is not what it was a year ago when they had a farewell party for the masks. Yes, I would suggest that older people continue to wear masks.""
On the question of whether we will soon treat the microbe and the coronavirus as a type of flu, he said: "That's how it looks unless another violent strain breaks out again, then we may have to go into an emergency room again. We are reducing mortality from cancer, life expectancy is increasing, ultimately this is the reality of the universe and we need to continue life as usual as much as possible and act wisely.".
