Pfizer Board Member: Cloth Masks Don’t Provide Much Protection Against CCP Virus

Pfizer Board Member: Cloth Masks Don’t Provide Much Protection Against CCP Virus
Scott Gottlieb testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on April 5, 2017, at on Capitol Hill. Zach Gibson/Getty Images
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Pfizer board member Dr. Scott Gottlieb has said that cloth masks don’t provide much protection against the Omicron variant of the CCP virus, in the midst of a spike of cases nationwide.

Gottlieb, former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner, said scientists understand that the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes COVID-19, is transmitted via airborne particles. Cloth face coverings aren’t very effective at stopping those particles, as opposed to transmission via droplets, he said in a CBS interview on Jan. 2.
Jack Phillips
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