The move comes after a big fall in U.S. COVID cases.
. It’s that simple.” Connecticut’s mask mandate will come to an end on February 28. In California, indoor masking will no longer be mandated for vaccinated people. This will come into effect from February 16, with some locations still requiring face coverings, including aged-care facilities, hospitals, and public transportation.first recommended that people wear a face covering
to minimize the spread of COVID-19, mask recommendations and mandates have ignited public debate, and this was no exception when it came to schools. The movement for states to lift school mask mandates comes after President Joe Biden met with a number of U.S. governors at the White House last Monday. “We asked the president to help give us clear guidelines on how we can return to a great state of normality,” Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson said after the meeting.
This push to transition back to “normality” has been mirrored by the majority of the U.S. population, according to. The Monmouth University survey found that 70% of Americans believe that COVID-19 isn’t going anywhere and that it’s time to accept it and move on. “Americans’ worries about Covid haven’t gone away.
have still not been allowed to be vaccinated. Some medical experts, such as Uché Blackstock, M.D., former associate professor of emergency medicine at the New York University School of Medicine, believe lifting school mask mandates is “premature.”As schools in some states are preparing to welcome mask-free learning, many are also moving away from virtual learning to focus on in-person learning—which could mean an increase in COVID-19 cases, depending on the other safety measures involved .
, an average of 180 U.S. schools were not conducting in-person lessons last week, in contrast with 6,000 schools not offering in-person lessons in mid-January.
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