Dr. Dhaval Desai, an internal medicine/pediatrics specialist in inpatient medicine and the director of hospital medicine at Emory Saint Joseph’s Hospital, says the pandemic is not over yet and Georgia’s health care system can’t handle another surge.
During a recent edition of “Closer Look,” Desai and Dr. Jayne Morgan, a cardiologist and the clinical director for Piedmont Healthcare’s COVID-19 Task Force, talked with program host Rose Scott about a federal judge’s decision to strike down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) nationwide order that required people to wear masks on public transportation.
“Masking did work and it still can work if it’s done right,” said Desai.
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