NEW: Mask mandates are set to make a comeback, as experts warn of “hyper-transmissible” Delta variant.
“Universal masking indoors is a way of taking care of each other while we get more people vaccinated,” @lapublichealth’s Barbara Ferrer told The Post.
washingtonpost.com/health/2021/07…
“Universal masking indoors is a way of taking care of each other while we get more people vaccinated,” @lapublichealth’s Barbara Ferrer told The Post.
washingtonpost.com/health/2021/07…
In California, one county is again requiring masks indoors and seven more are recommending them. And in hotspots like Arkansas and Missouri, local leaders say they want to discuss bringing mask mandates back. 
But Americans have increasingly given up on masks — just 55% of respondents to Axios/Ipsos poll last month said they were still masking in public, down from nearly 90% earlier this year — and a growing number of Republicans say there’s no reason to go back.
https://twitter.com/Kevin_Faulconer/status/1416132333250367488
Recent virus spikes have teed up a new communication challenge: convincing Americans to get shots, or brace for masks.
“We need to prepare the public for what could be, again, a return to some of these mitigation measures,” former Surgeon General @JeromeAdamsMD told @WISH_TV.
“We need to prepare the public for what could be, again, a return to some of these mitigation measures,” former Surgeon General @JeromeAdamsMD told @WISH_TV.
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
