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For some, masks have been a social reprieve. They plan to keep wearing them. Elizabeth Chuck © Provided by NBC News When federal health officials recently announced that fully vaccinated people no longer have to wear masks in most situations, Jaz Johnson was among those who kept hers on. Johnson, 46, of Kansas City, Missouri, has received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, but she has no desire to go maskless. For the past year, Johnson has avoided the colds and flu she normally gets. So has her 95-year-old grandmother, who lives with her. In addition to helping keep her and her family healthy, masks have offered Johnson something else: the chance to hide emotions, such as contempt when someone is standing too close to her in a checkout line, or boredom when a relative tells the same story for the tenth time.

New yorkUnited statesBeverly forsythBaruch fischhoffJaz johnsonJason cavallaroCenters for diseaseCarnegie mellon universityIcahn school of medicine at mount sinaiNew york daily newsNorthwestern university feinberg school of medicineKansas cityLake tahoeDisease controlValerie parkasIcahn school