{"id":19544,"date":"2022-02-25T08:12:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T13:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=19544"},"modified":"2022-02-25T08:12:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T13:12:27","slug":"as-mask-mandates-fade-experts-say-use-of-masks-likely-will-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=19544","title":{"rendered":"As mask mandates fade, experts say use of masks likely will not"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Helen Branswell for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Late last year, Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, made a commitment about face masks, one of the defining symbols of the Covid-19 pandemic. \u201cMasks are for now, they\u2019re not forever,\u201d Walensky told ABC News. \u201cWe have to find a way to be done with them.\u201d  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2022\/02\/25\/as-mandates-fade-experts-say-widespread-use-of-masks-likely-will-not\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2022\/02\/25\/as-mandates-fade-experts-say-widespread-use-of-masks-likely-will-not\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"21\" class=\"wp-image-4372\" style=\"width: 200px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Helen Branswell for STAT) Late last year, Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cdc","category-pandemic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19544"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19545,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19544\/revisions\/19545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}