The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has called for universal masking.
One Vigo County Health official explains why that's critical right now.
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Local and state health officials are asking you to take wearing a mask in public "seriously".
They say it will not only help protect you -- but others around you!
News 10's sarah lehman is live in our newsroom.
She has more on why this is so important to help slow the spread of the virus.
We hear of a lot of people who are asymptomatic.
That means someone who has covid - 19...but no symptoms. the problem is..
They can be spreading it to other people..
It's a big reason health officials are pleading with "you" to mask up.
Earlier this month -- the center for diesease control and prevention called for "universal masking" "in our own community we're looking around and we're seeing lots and lots of people being masked up when they're going to the grocery store or the gas pumps and things.
/// but we're not seeing everybody masked and we're not quite sure why that is."
So -- why should you be wearing a mask?
"the purpose of the mask to mask all of society is to prevent the particulate spread of people from coughing and droplet secreation."
Because -- many people could have covid-19 but they don't have any symptoms. the fear from health officials is that someone could have it and are continuing to spread it in public without knowing.
"every single day we hear reports of asymptomatic shedders and spreaders they don't have symptoms. i just took a phone call today from marion county and they went and tested a bunch of random people and they were shocked by the number of people shedding virus with no symptoms. they were swabbing positive and they had no clue that they were even infected."
Which is why health officials are urging you to wear a mask anytime you are in public.
"the plead out there to everybody in the county and the surronding counties is do your part to hold the line.
/// right now there's a lot more reason to wear a mask then there is to not wear a mask."
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But he says we need to continue doing them and make sure everyone gets on board.
That's so we can get back to a more normal life style sooner rather than later.
Reporting live in the newsroom.
Sarah lehman news 10 back to you.
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