The United States have re-imposed mask mandate following an uptick in COVID, Flu, RSV and other respiratory diseases across the nation. TheHealthSite.com
Many places have ended indoor mask mandates, and public health experts say it’s OK to forgo mask-wearing where vaccination rates are high and infections and hospitalizations are low. As maskless people begin venturing inside, they still may wonder whether it is safe.
The CDC eased mask recommendations for the vast majority of the country Friday under a new framework to monitor the coronavirus that immediately affects about 70% of Americans a process that state and local officials had already begun amid demands for a return to normalcy.
States and cities are dropping masking requirements. Federal officials say COVID is moving out of the crisis phase. But many people across the U.S. say that for them, the emergency continues.