Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review
In March 2020, the sculpture of George Washington and Seneca leader Guyasuta, atop Pittsburgh’s Mt. Washington, was adorned with faux air-filtration masks.
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Health experts in Western Pennsylvania said it’s no surprise outdoor mask-wearing is no longer part of federal health guidance. From the beginning of the pandemic, data has shown outdoor transmission of covid-19 to be a rare event.
“I think that this was a long overdue step, but it was completely supported by the science,” said Pittsburgh-based Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. “It was an important move … in order to really show people the value of vaccinations and how vaccinations do change things.”
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