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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Health
Eric Berger

Experts warn ‘not to get too cocky’ as US contemplates life after Covid

Face mask signage is displayed outside the Trunks bar after midnight in the early morning on July, 2021 in West Hollywood, California.
“You can both celebrate the sunshine while also keeping an umbrella close by for the possibility that rain could occur,” says one expert. Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty Images

As some US companies begin asking people to return to the office and governors lift mask mandates, talk has emerged of life after the Covid-19 pandemic in America.

But infectious disease experts aren’t quite ready to declare that it’s safe for individuals, rather than governments and health officials, to determine whether precautions such as masking indoors are necessary.

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