Despite studies on uselessness, Brazilian health agency reintroduces

Anvisa, the Brazilian health regulator, approved on Tuesday night (Nov. 22) the return of the mandatory use of masks inside airplanes and at airports in Brazil.

The measure goes into effect on Friday (Nov. 25). Since August, the use of masks was only a recommendation.

“The use of masks in higher risk environments, due to their characteristics of confinement, circulation, and agglomeration of people, represents an act of citizenship and protection to the community and aims to mitigate the risk of transmission and contagion of the disease,” says Alex Campos, director of the agency.

Read here why there is no case for mask mandates and why the are even widely considered harmful.

In a statement, Anvisa said it decided to reintroduce the mask requirement after meeting with epidemiologists and representatives from:

Brazilian Society of Infectology;
Conass (National Council of Health Secretaries);
Conasems (National Council of Municipal Health Secretaries);
Fiocruz (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation);
Brazilian Association of Collective Health

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