Opinion | Why Telling People They Don’t Need Masks Backfired

Nytimes, 17/03/2020

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Opinion | Why Telling People They Don’t Need Masks Backfired

"When news of a mysterious viral pneumonia linked to a market in Wuhan, China, reached the outside world in early January, one of my first reactions was to order a modest supply of masks. Just a few weeks later, there wasn’t a mask to be bought in stores, or online for a reasonable price — just widespread price gouging. Many health experts, no doubt motivated by the sensible and urgent aim of preserving the remaining masks for health care workers, started telling people that they didn’t need masks or that they wouldn’t know how to wear them..." Lire la suite