Posted on Mar 21, 2021
Former FDA chief admits 6-foot social distancing not 'based on clear science': 'Single costliest...
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Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said Friday that mandating social distancing of 6 feet throughout the coronavirus pandemic "has probably been the single costliest mitigation tactic."
Gottlieb's comments came the same day the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released updated guidance essentially saying that 3 feet is adequate social distancing if masks are worn. The new guidelines mainly addressed schoolchildren.
What did Gottlieb say?
Speaking on CNBC's "Closing Bell," Gottlieb shockingly admitted the 6-foot social distancing requirement was not "based on clear science."
"The 6-foot distancing requirement has probably been the single costliest mitigation tactic we've employed in response to COVID," Gottlieb said.
"And it really wasn't based on clear science," he added. "We implemented it early on based on an assumption coronavirus was going to spread like influenza, and there had been some prior research that flu spread predominately through droplets, and if you stated 6 feet apart from people, it reduced droplet transmission."
However, Gottlieb explained scientists learned COVID-19 spreads "through aerosols — not just droplets."
"So, probably 6 feet isn't as effective as it would be if this was purely droplet transmission," Gottlieb said. "I think the fact that we've probably over-relied on a flu-based model caused us to under appreciate the role of aerosol transmission, and probably caused us to overestimate contaminated surfaces as a source of spread. It probably caused us to underestimate the utility of high-quality masks in reducing transmission. It probably caused us to overestimate the impact of distancing to 6 feet."
"We should have re-adjudicated this much earlier," Gottlieb admitted.
Gottlieb's comments came the same day the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released updated guidance essentially saying that 3 feet is adequate social distancing if masks are worn. The new guidelines mainly addressed schoolchildren.
What did Gottlieb say?
Speaking on CNBC's "Closing Bell," Gottlieb shockingly admitted the 6-foot social distancing requirement was not "based on clear science."
"The 6-foot distancing requirement has probably been the single costliest mitigation tactic we've employed in response to COVID," Gottlieb said.
"And it really wasn't based on clear science," he added. "We implemented it early on based on an assumption coronavirus was going to spread like influenza, and there had been some prior research that flu spread predominately through droplets, and if you stated 6 feet apart from people, it reduced droplet transmission."
However, Gottlieb explained scientists learned COVID-19 spreads "through aerosols — not just droplets."
"So, probably 6 feet isn't as effective as it would be if this was purely droplet transmission," Gottlieb said. "I think the fact that we've probably over-relied on a flu-based model caused us to under appreciate the role of aerosol transmission, and probably caused us to overestimate contaminated surfaces as a source of spread. It probably caused us to underestimate the utility of high-quality masks in reducing transmission. It probably caused us to overestimate the impact of distancing to 6 feet."
"We should have re-adjudicated this much earlier," Gottlieb admitted.
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Apparently, there was no science involved in coming up with the six-foot rule.
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This and the mask, is just poop poop, I am on oxygen and can not wear the mask as it is suppose to be worn, I can only wear it over my mouth, not over my nose as it restricts even more oxygen.
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SMSgt Lawrence McCarter
And it has the effect on everyone and worse if You already have breathing problems. We need to take in Oxygen and the mask is in the way and exhale waste including Carbon Dioxide (which the plants need and they release oxygen which We need ) and it gets trapped in the mask and We breath it back in. Once again man instead of allowing what nature set up for our survival had interfered again and upset the balance nature provided. Yes, We should take precautions and no one should have been told to have to wash their hands and not be on top or too close to other people spreading germs for instance esp. coughing or sneezing. Immunity is something that develops sometimes by some natural exposure including vaccinations rather that direct exposure to help build that without and uncontrolled amount of that exposure. Yes, there is a science but that's NOT very much of what is being pushed on people presently. Yes, precautions have to be taken to protect our health but its seems there is an agenda way beyond that goal in play here.
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Based on what I have found in medical documentation I present the following:
What nobody has made a statement about is the fact that the "paper" based masks DO NOT PREVENT Bacterial or Viral penetration... They are dust and pollen masks and nothing more... If someone coughs or sneezes within 3-6 feet of you and there is an aerosol like spraying of the virus, and some of it gets on the mask, and then you breathe in, the virus cells can get through and enter your lungs and thus begin the process of infection... Virus cells are microscopic to the extent that it takes an electronic microscope to view a virus cell...because it is so small... much smaller than the tinies openings in a paper mask... Think a cloth mask is better? Think again, because the same principles apply as there are spaces between the cloth fibers... Are masks a help... Yes, unless you are in a crowded space where there are people who are Covid infected... Distancing three feet helps reduce the infection rate with a paper mask if people are not coughing and sneezing...
If you believe I am wrong, do some research...
What nobody has made a statement about is the fact that the "paper" based masks DO NOT PREVENT Bacterial or Viral penetration... They are dust and pollen masks and nothing more... If someone coughs or sneezes within 3-6 feet of you and there is an aerosol like spraying of the virus, and some of it gets on the mask, and then you breathe in, the virus cells can get through and enter your lungs and thus begin the process of infection... Virus cells are microscopic to the extent that it takes an electronic microscope to view a virus cell...because it is so small... much smaller than the tinies openings in a paper mask... Think a cloth mask is better? Think again, because the same principles apply as there are spaces between the cloth fibers... Are masks a help... Yes, unless you are in a crowded space where there are people who are Covid infected... Distancing three feet helps reduce the infection rate with a paper mask if people are not coughing and sneezing...
If you believe I am wrong, do some research...
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