Surgical masks are harming health workers — Professor Trisha Greenhalgh explains why
The renowned GP researcher has endorsed a letter to the WHO calling for an update to its advice for doctors and healthcare workers.
Experts have urged the WHO to ditch its guidelines on surgical masks, saying that respirators should be used “in every encounter, in all healthcare settings”.
The demand is made in an open letter which argues surgical masks provide inadequate protection against airborne pathogens and that WHO’s guidelines are harming healthcare workers.
Professor Trish Greenhalgh, professor of primary care at the University of Oxford, supports the move.
Below she explains why.
