Less Infectious Diseases
Come to stay: the masks for the duration of companion even after the pandemic?
The masks even after the Corona pandemic, part of everyday life?
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The masks have become a mandatory accessory in the pandemic. Whether in the car or in the supermarket, mouth and nose are covered. According to some Doctors, it could remain even after the Corona pandemic.
Without the mask, not much is currently. Whether in public transport or in crowded places, mouth and nose should be covered. Long ago, the mask, along with the shoes on the feet, and the key in the pocket of the Standard equipment when you leave the house. It is for the protection of the other. At least until the Virus is put in his place, the pandemic is contained. But perhaps even much longer. At least that is the desire of some physicians.
Dirk Heinrich is national Chairman of the Virchow Federal government, of the Association of Physicians in Germany. In an interview with the “world” does not exclude that the mask obligation is retained even after the pandemic, in certain places such as doctor’s offices. Because the mask does not only protect from Covid-19, but also from other infectious diseases such as pneumonia, flu or gastro-intestinal infections. “We see in the clinics significantly less infections,” said Heinrich, although the Patients had significantly grown.
Infectious diseases take off
That infectious diseases are currently spreading harder, not the masks alone. However, in combination with the keep your Distance and regular washing of hands (AHA formula), the dimmed mobility during lock downs and the contact restrictions, they ensure that the risk of contagion is a total minimized.
“The case numbers of many other infectious diseases during the Covid-19 pandemic, in comparison to the previous years,” said Sonia Boender from the field of Surveillance of the Robert Koch Institute, the “Business Insider”. In the case of notifiable infectious diseases, including tuberculosis, falls, among other things, it came in the period of March to the beginning of August 2020, a decline of 35 percent.
For always driving a bus with a mask?
So why this relatively cheap and simple protection against infection after the pandemic back in the drawer banish? The first demands of the medical Profession, to make the masks during the visit to the Practice is Standard, were already open to the public. This could be an Option, says Heinrich. However, doctor’s offices don’t be “the stove for infections”. Elsewhere, he sees a greater need for a continuation of the mask of duty, where many people meet each other, for example in public transport.
In other countries, the long-normality. In China, human mouth, nose and benefit coverages for 100 years. They wear the masks to protect themselves from diseases, but also against Smog and certain weather conditions. Masks were an integral part of already before the outbreak of the Corona pandemic from the street. If, however, the Germans also permanently have to get used to, and that the view of the lower half of the face is hidden, it remains to be seen.
Source: World, Business Insider
