Whether CDC had scheduled announcement that all should wear masks for everyday life.
"Is the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention planning, in the next 10 days, to change guidance and advise Americans to wear masks in everyday life? No, thats not true: The federal agency tells Lead Stories that no changes to guidance are scheduled or imminent.", The claim originated in a tweet published by Dr. Matt McCarthy on March 28, 2020, (archived here) which read:, , Users on social media saw this:, "NEW: CDC guidance on masks expected to change in next 10 days. Americans will be advised to wear masks in everyday life. Current recommendation is for high-risk groups only.", McCarthy is an associate professor at Weill Cornell Medicine, a staff physician at NewYork-Presbyterian and the author of a few books, including, "Superbugs: The Race to Stop an Epidemic." His tweet announcing this supposed forthcoming change gained immediate notice and social media buzz., Raw Story published a piece, based on McCarthy\s tweet, with this headline: "CDC to recommend all American wear protective masks in everyday life: report (archived here)." The outlet later changed its headline and story to say that the CDC denied the report., The story began this way:, "On Saturday, Weill Cornells Dr. Matt McCarthy reported that the Centers for Disease Control will revise their recommendations on protective masks.", In the next ten days, the CDC guidelines will reportedly change to advising Americans to wear masks "in everyday life." This contrasts with the current guidelines, which only recommend masks for high-risk groups like health care workers., Inquisitr, too, shared McCarthy\s news, posting a story with this headline: "CDC Expected To Issue New Guidance Suggesting All Americans Wear Masks in Everyday Life, Medical Author Claims.", The CDC, however, posted a reply to McCarthy, saying, "CDC does not have updated guidance scheduled to come out on this topic. See current CDC guidance regarding the use of facemasks.", "Heres how the CDC response appeared on social media:", CDC does not have updated guidance scheduled to come out on this topic. See current CDC guidance regarding the use of facemasks: https://t.co/DiX7VzdqDp, , A spokesperson for the CDC, who did not want to be named, called Lead Stories and shared this perspective when asked if the agency had plans underway to change mask-wearing guidance:, "We dont. Nothing is imminent. But as more data becomes available to us, if we need to make changes to the current guidance, we will.", Lead Stories tried to reach McCarthy, through numerous avenues, in an effort to find out where he got his information. At the time of publication, we had not gotten a response. If we do hear back from him, we will update this story., In the meantime, the CDC recommends sticking to current guidelines about when to wear facemasks, as they are not scheduled to change and recognize the need to preserve supplies for healthcare workers as much as necessary., We wrote about twitter.com before. Here are our most recent articles that mention the site:, See who is sharing it (it might even be your friends...) and leave the link in the comments.:, Lead Stories is working with the CoronaVirusFacts/DatosCoronaVirus Alliance, a coalition of more than 100 fact-checkers who are fighting misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more about the alliance here., Jessica Ravitz, a staff writer and fact-checker for Lead Stories, is a former senior writer at CNN Digital. For more than a decade, she wrote longform narratives and profiles on topics ranging from gun violence, sexual assault and suicide to women’s health, spirituality and race., , Lead Stories is a fact checking website that is always looking for the latest false, deceptive or\n      inaccurate stories (or media) making the rounds on the internet.\n      \n      Spotted something? Let us know!., Lead Stories is a fact checking website that is always looking for the latest false, deceptive or\n        inaccurate stories (or media) making the rounds on the internet.\n        \n        Spotted something? Let us know!.
Fact Check: CDC Is NOT Scheduled To Recommend Masks For Everyday Life | Lead Stories