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By MARISA IATI | The Washington Post | Published: May 15, 2021
Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See more staff and wire stories here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. As soon as Michelle Garrett verified that the new federal mask guidelines were real, she turned to her 14-year-old daughter, who just became eligible for vaccination against the coronavirus this week. Do you still need to wear your mask to school tomorrow? she asked. Garrett, a writer and communications consultant in Columbus, Ohio, almost didn t believe the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s pronouncement Thursday that immunized people no longer need to wear face coverings in most situations. She said she wondered whether unvaccinated people would rip off their masks, putting her daughter at risk before she could get her shots. With no system to track whether people in publ
Loosening mask rules relies on shaky honor system, raises trust issues
How can Americans be sure the maskless person beside them is vaccinated? They can t, says Dr. Anthony Fauci.
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As soon as Michelle Garrett verified that the new federal mask guidelines were real, she turned to her 14-year-old daughter, who just became eligible for vaccination against the coronavirus this week.
“Do you still need to wear your mask to school tomorrow?” she asked.
Garrett, a writer and communications consultant in Columbus, Ohio, almost didn’t believe the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s pronouncement Thursday that immunized people no longer need to wear face coverings in most situations. She said she wondered whether unvaccinated people would rip off their masks, putting her daughter at risk before she could get her shots. With no system to track whether people in public spaces have been inoculated, Garrett figured she couldn’t know
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