WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may soon update its recommendations for indoor masking as the United States begins to transition to learning to live with COVID-19, Biden administration public health officials told reporters Wednesday.
Several states across the nation have already lifted mask mandates, but the public health agency has held firm so far with its recommendation that Americans continue to mask up due to omicron’s rapid transmission rate and the nation’s high COVID-19 case counts.
Still, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said the CDC is now looking at other metrics besides case counts to determine future mitigation measures. The agency plans to focus on hospital capacity and disease severity when making its pandemic policy decisions.
