The new CDC masking guidelines declared most counties at low to moderate risk when just the day before these same regions had been listed at high or substantial risk for community transmission.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has kept back large volumes of essential data on the pandemic that state and local public health departments could have used to save lives and reduce infections.
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky on Wednesday said the agency is reviewing its mask guidance with the aim of eventually giving people a break once COVID-19 metrics like cases and hospitalizations improve.The CDC director emphasized that federal masking rec.