In a White House briefing on Thursday, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy shared his new advisory on the dangers of health misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic. It s definitely something we ve been watching really closely, said Dr. Kimi Koboyashi, the chief quality officer at UMass Memorial.
Kobayashi is seeing the uptick up close. A few weeks ago, the hospital celebrated the fact that it had zero COVID patients, but the number has started to rise again.
New COVID Restrictions Nationwide
He said it is a good idea to mask up in crowded places even though it is not currently mandated in Massachusetts. Los Angeles County is reimposing its mask mandate this weekend after seeing a new wave of infections.