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Jul 27, 2021 · A timeline of the CDC's advice on face masks. A sign at a Chinatown business reminds customers to wear a mask. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) The story of mask requirements in the United ...
Jul 27, 2021 · CDC recommends masks indoors in U.S. where cases are surging. July 27, 2021. Now, as the highly transmissible Delta variant causes coronavirus cases to spike across the nation, indoor mask...
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May 26, 2021 · May 26, 2021. To say that federal guidance on mask-wearing has been confusing would be an understatement. Back in 2020, during the earliest days of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S.,...
Mar 1, 2024 · Wearing a mask can help lower the risk of respiratory virus transmission. When worn by a person with an infection, masks reduce the spread of the virus to others. Masks can also protect wearers from breathing in infectious particles from people around them. Different masks offer different levels of protection.
The wearing of non-medical face masks in public to lessen the transmission of COVID-19 in the United States was first recommended by the CDC on April 3, 2020, as supplemental to hygiene and appropriate social distancing.
May 23, 2021 · The advice to wear masks remained in force for about a year, even for people who were vaccinated. But in mid-May 2021 — amid widespread use of vaccines and falling case counts — federal...
Jan 14, 2022 · Previously, the CDC did not recommend that the general population wear N95 masks or KN95s, a similar type of mask made in China, fearing that a run on those higher-quality masks would impact...
