Small business owners will be able to apply for loans to weather the economic downturn set off by Covid-19 on a first-come, first-serve basis beginning Friday as part of the newly passed stimulus package
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said he would"lean towards" recommending that the general public wear face masks"if we do not have the problem of taking away masks from the health care workers who need them.”Fauci told CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta that face masks would be a"subject of conversation" at a White House briefing later that day.
"Particularly now that we're getting some inklings that there's transmission of infection from an asymptomatic person who is not coughing, who is not sneezing, who just appears well. Well, then how do you think that's happening?" Fauci said."It very well could be aerosol. Maybe not aerosol, you know, that goes on for hours. But even the slight aerosol in which you're talking to somebody.
Despite a lack of conclusive evidence that masks prevent transmission of respiratory diseases, some experts have argued that non-medical fabric masks might make a dent in transmission risk. Throughout the pandemic so far, the World Health Organization and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have advised against the general public's use of masks unless they are already sick.At yesterday's White House Task Force briefing, President Trump said,"We are not going to be wearing masks forever, but it could be for a short period of time after we get back into gear. I could see something like that happening for a period of time.
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