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Julie Bosman and Sarah Mervosh, The New York Times Published: 19 May 2021 11:17 AM BdST Updated: 19 May 2021 11:17 AM BdST A man wearing a face mask walks past a sign outside Elmhurst Hospital in Queens on April 6, 2020. The new coronavirus mask guidelines from the CDC have left Americans wondering whether they can trust one another. And it’s been a challenging year for trust. The New York Times
When Tori Saylor, 27, stepped out of her apartment in Kalamazoo, Michigan, last week, she knew that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had already given fully vaccinated Americans the go-ahead to shed masks in most situations.
New coronavirus mask guidelines from the C.D.C. have left Americans wondering whether they can trust one another. And it’s been a challenging year for trust.
New honor system on masks: ‘Am I to trust these people?’
For many Americans, trust is in short supply after a year of a long pandemic and the conflicts that have come with it. A man wearing a face mask walks past a sign outside Elmhurst Hospital in Queens last year. May 19, 2021 | 10:23 AM
CHICAGO When Tori Saylor, 27, stepped out of her apartment in Kalamazoo, Michigan, last week, she knew that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had already given fully vaccinated Americans the go-ahead to shed masks in most situations.
Saylor, who is vaccinated, wore one anyway. And when she summoned an elevator in her apartment building, she confronted her first real test of the new era: Twice, the doors opened to reveal people who were not wearing masks, and twice, she let the elevator go.