Prof Adam Finkel: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- University of Michigan School of Public Health, former chief regulatory official at the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- Quoted on
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
- Tracked press citations
- 1
- Most recently quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
“Surgical masks were not designed to stop airborne pathogens but "invented to stop doctors and nurses from sneezing into the guts and the hearts of patients". Surgical masks are to respirators what the typewriter was to the modern computer: "Obsolete."”
Where Prof Adam Finkel has been quoted
- Face masks ‘inadequate’ and should be swapped for respirators, WHO is advisedtheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
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