Just when most Americans were thinking life after COVID was getting back to normal, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is suggesting that mask mandates be reinstituted, or at the least, strongly encouraged.
Their reasoning is that they believe a new wave of COVID-19 warrants it, plus going back to masking would help those with “long” COVID.
According to Yahoo! News, the HHS said in a report that, "The lifting of mask mandates and indifferent attitude toward masking and social distancing typical in many public and private places further isolates people with Long COVID," and that, "Listening to and learning from the experiences of long COVID patients is essential to accelerating understanding and breakthroughs."
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Yahoo! News November 22, 2022