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Omicron, Delta Variants Combine for Decision-making Headache - VOA News, December 2, 2021
Published: 3 December 2021
Dr. Madhukar Pai, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and past 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ Global Health Programs Director, is quoted by VOA News.
"Dr. Madhukar Pai of 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ’s School of Population and Public Health said that masks are an easy and pain-free way of keeping transmission down, but that cheap, at-home tests need to be much more widespread, in both rich and poor countries. He said both approaches give people a sense of control over their own behavior that is lost with a lockdown and make it easier to accept the need to do things like cancel a party or stay inside."