Paul Offit of the Perelman School of Medicine said the next annual flu outbreak could, but likely won’t, be tempered with lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic. “Could we reasonably in a winter month wear masks just at least when we’re outside in large crowds? Did we learn that or are we comfortable having hundreds of 1000s of cases of hospitalizations for flu and 10s of 1000s deaths?” he asked. “I suspect the answer is B.”

March 25, 2021 ・ From Politico.com