âI will be wearing my mask indoors, unless Iâm eating in a well-ventilated restaurant, but if Iâm going shopping or whatever, I will be wearing my mask,â said Laur Kim, 21, who is currently a student.
Now some believe mask-wearing in America may also stretch beyond the immediate pandemic. Motivated by a range of reasons â from confusion and distrust of the CDC guidelines to newly appreciated health benefits of mask-wearing â some vaccinated people have decided to continue wearing a mask for now, with many planning to incorporate masks into their post-pandemic way of life.
Wearing masks has been heralded as a needed tool to limit the transmission of Covid-19, especially as research early in the pandemic showed asymptomatic people could spread the virus. Yet, despite their importance, mask mandates have been a repeated source of contention in the US, prompting protests and regular clashes between âanti-maskersâ and those enforcing mask mandates