An Irish virologist says that the return of mask wearing in public places won't do much to stop the summer wave of Covid which is spreading across Ireland.
Professor Liam Fanning of UCC told RTE host Miriam O'Callaghan on Prime Time that he would not recommend the return of masks. However, the professor did admit that the pandemic is here "for the foreseeable."
Speaking on the current affair programme, Prof Fanning was asked if mask wearing should come back in public spaces, to which he responded: "No I don't think we should go back to mask wearing in public places for a couple of reasons. Masks have been put forward almost as if it's a shield against Covid-19, first of all not all masks are created equally and if you don't wear the mask appropriately it's actually quite ineffective.
