The use of masks, a practice widely adopted during the Covid-19 pandemic, gains prominence as an effective preventive measure against the dissemination of respiratory diseases, including flu. Amid the significant increase in cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SRAG) in Brazil, experts reinforce the importance of this simple but efficient measure.
Leonardo Bastos, Fiocruz’s Infogipe coordinator, emphasizes that the mask is a valuable tool in preventing respiratory virus transmission. “The mask is even more efficient about other viruses, right, because it was for Covid. So it is very recommended, it is very desirable that if the person has respiratory symptoms, that they use mask to avoid passing to other people,” says the expert.
Collective protection and individual responsibility
Bastos points out that the use of masks should become a cultural practice, especially when a person has respiratory symptoms. This attitude not only protects the individual, but also contributes to public health, reducing the spread of transmissible infectious diseases by air.
“This should be our practice that turns out not, but it should be really cultural, because we avoid this transmission, we are talking about infectious diseases, transmitted diseases and the form of transmission is even air. The virus goes from one person to the air. So, the mask plays a very important role in this protection,” explains the coordinator.
The recommendation gains even more relevance to the 164% increase in hospitalizations by SRAG, as pointed out by Fiocruz’s Infogipe Bulletin. This scenario reinforces the need for effective preventive measures to contain the advancement of respiratory diseases in the country.
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Source: CNN Brasil
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