Commentary: Stop complaining about the CDC’s new mask rules
As the delta variant surges, people overreact to public health advice.
By Timothy L. O'BrienBloomberg Opinion
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the federal agency charged with safeguarding public health, did just that Tuesday. It recommended that vaccinated people in regions where the risk of COVID-19 infections has surged should wear masks indoors.
The return of the COVID mask.
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Timothy L. O’Brien is a senior columnist for Bloomberg Opinion.
This was advice, not an order. It was guided by science and data, not by politics or personal whims. It represented an evolution in thinking, because COVID-19’s delta variant has sprinted across the country since May, when the CDC said that vaccinated people could forgo masks almost everywhere.