season. i think vulnerable americans are the ones most at risk for they need to be careful part i know masks have been highly politicized. i was against universal cloth amassing of children harm their developments and had no impact on transmission in the classroom since kids are low risk. but look, when someone has symptoms a high quality mask is an effective intervention. one white masking works. were not talking about mandates of your time in a public courtesy to other people. if you need to be around someone for you got to the pharmacy to get a prescription. it does two things it reduces your droplet transmission with influence that s particular helpful. number two it sends a message i might be contagious. you might want to be careful around me if you are someone who is at risk. thirty-six doctor thank you for all that holy things calm down and people are freaking out. doctor good to see you have a wonderful holiday. doctor marty mccarron all that.
away from the futile stalemate, right? what does it entail? the way that i and many others want to approach firearm injury and have been trying to do, often with our own funds, with foundation money or with a small amount of federal funds that have been appropriated for this issue, is to deal with firearm injury the same way that we deal with any other health problem. we start with getting data, we figure out who is at risk, we develop interventions that work, and then we put them in place. that is what we did for covid, right? we developed vaccines, we figured out that masking works, we figured out that ventilation works. together we certainly haven t gotten rid of every covid death, but we ve made a lot of progress. same thing for heart disease, for car crashes. we ve shown over and over that if you use science, you can make progress certainly policy is part of that progress, but policy alone is never sufficient. again, look at covid.
injury and have been trying to do, often with our own funds, with foundation money, or with a small amount of federal funds that have been appropriated for this issue, is to deal with firearm injury the same way that we deal with any other health problem. we start with getting data. we figure out who s at risk. we develop interventions that work. then we put them in place. that s what we did for covid, right? we developed vaccines. we figured out that masking works. we figured out that ventilation works. together, we haven t gotten rid of every covid death. we ve made a lot of progress. same thing for heart disease, for car crashes. we ve shown over and over that if you use science, you can make progress. certainly policy is part of that progress. but policy alone is never sufficient. again, look at covid. masks are absolutely critical. look at all the division in the country around masking. what also matters is getting vaccines in arms. same thing for guns.
others want to approach firearm injury and have been trying to do, often with our own funds, with foundation money or a small amount of public funds appropriated for this issue is to deal with firearm injury the same way we deal with any other health problem. we start with getting data, figure out who s at irisk. we put interventions that work. that s what we did with covid. we figured out that masking works, that vebtslntilation wor. we haven t gotten rid of every covid death. we ve made a lot of progress. same thing with car crashes. if you use science, you can make progress. certainly, policy is part of that progress, but policy alone is never sufficient. what also matters is getting vaccines in arms.
masks. they re saying that the n95s, kn95s are the best option and use those if you can. what do you think about that? we understand and we agree with the cdc and we appreciate them giving us updated guidance for the public, because the better the mask, and masking works, it s one of the most effective weapons in the battle against the spread. masking does work. what i tell my patients is wear the best mask you can use and have access to and that you can wear comfortably. typically the best mask of course the n95 is what i wear in i m in a covid rich environment like health care, delivering care, the n95 has to be properly fitted and sealed to be the best effective. but even the medical disposable masks always work better if they re fitting properly and you don t have leaks around them. we also saw this week the supreme court ruled against the white house blocking the vaccination and testing mandate for large employers.