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I'm hearing nurses and public health experts advising people to mask up again because of the delta variant. But I'm vaccinated. I thought that meant I could doff my mask. So now I'm confused. Please tell me exactly when to wear a mask.
If you hung your mask up after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said face coverings were no longer necessary for vaccinated people, you're probably not eager to start masking up again every time you leave the house.
Yet part of the recent rise in hospitalizations is probably due to people no longer wearing masks at the appropriate time, says Charlotte Baker, assistant professor of epidemiology at Virginia Tech. Messages from officials are often contradictory: The American Academy of Pediatrics has advised all students to mask up at school this fall, for example, while some states won't allow schools to require face coverings.