Dr. Fauci says mask-wearing could eventually become “seasonal” to aid against flu and other diseases

Dr. Fauci said Sunday that mask-wearing could eventually become “seasonal” as protection against ailments like the flu that can also be spread through the air.

On NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Fauci stated that “We’ve had practically a non-existent flu season this year merely because people were doing the kinds of public health things that were directed predominantly” against COVID-19. “So it is conceivable that as we go on, a year or two or more from now, that during certain seasonal periods when you have respiratory-borne viruses like the flu, people might actually elect to wear masks to diminish the likelihood that you’ll spread these respiratory-borne diseases,” Fauci continued.

He also predicted that we won’t see another surge in COVID-19 cases this fall if the majority of Americans get the vaccine. “The fact that we have vaccines right now … is really a game changer,” Fauci said. “I mean, if we get, which we will, to the goals that the president has established — namely if we get 70 percent of the people vaccinated by the Fourth of July, namely one single dose and even more thereafter — you may see blips, but if we handle them well, it is unlikely that you’ll see the kind of surge that we saw in the late fall and the early winter,” he said.

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