Tripledemic: Dr. Rochelle Walensky is encouraging people to be proactive and take preventative measures, such as wearing a mask, as respiratory illnesses surge.
The director of the Centers for Disease Control will be in Philadelphia on Tuesday to participate as a speaker at the Bloomberg American Health Summit in Center City.
"One need not wait for CDC action in order to put a mask on," said Walensky in a call with reporters Monday prior to the summit.says face masks should not be worn by children under age 2. It recommends face masks be worn by several groups of people, including those over age 2 who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 and by families with babies under 6 months of age who cannot be vaccinated.
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