It is at this moment that the CDC should drop its interior mask guidance, say experts
A consensus forming that it will soon be time to change the long-standing policy.
Since previous days of the pandemic, US centers for the fight against the disease and prevention (CDC) have suggested that people wear face masks in public to slow the spread of the virus. Now, with rising and new vaccination ratesCOVID-19 abandoning case numbers Nationwide, the agency begins to modify its guidelines for entirely vaccinated persons, recently stated that anyone received the two doses does not have to wear a mask during outside. But a growing number of experts now say that the deadline for the CDC to deposit its interior mask guides approaches quickly. Read it to see when and why the agency could make the big change.
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Experts believe that the CDC should change interior mask guidance through the summer.
Since the presidentJoe Biden orders to state governmentsEligibility for open vaccine to all the adults of April 19, the percentage of the population over 18 who received at least one dose Aincreased to 58.7%According to CDC data 13. Now the experts say that the moment approaches the place where anyone seeking the shots will have had the opportunity to get doses and wait for the two weeks necessary to be fully vaccinated. , which means that health managers canRevisit mask guidelines.
"Once everyone had the chance to get it, we start to move to this personal risk decision decision"Joe Allen, DSC, Professor at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, said ABC News. "And my feeling is that it is reasonable by the 4th of July, and therefore we will be in a place to withdraw some of these mandates, assuming that cases continue to fall as we wait for them."
The guidelines can change once all those who wish that a vaccine had the chance to have one.
Some experts argue that existing Covid-19 vaccines "High efficiency levels-And the high probability that those who are vaccinated do not broadcast the virus - means that the agency could revisit tips on the port of masks inside.
"We should not undress the vaccines. They offer excellent protection," saidLinsey Marr, PhD, a virus transmission expert in Virginia Tech, told ABC News. "I think we can really start thinking about ending mask mandates once all who wish to be vaccinated have had a chance to be fully vaccinated. And that should be in another month or two."
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Some argue that the CDC should save credibility in the case where the interior mask instructions are again needed.
Other experts argued that the time to review the guidelines could already have arrived. During an interview with CNBCShepard Smith May 6, former US Commissioner for the American and Drug Administration,Scott Gottlieb, MD, argued that health managers should be willing to eliminate the restrictions "as aggressively as we put them", warning that somePrecautions for health Like the social distancing that we should need to be put back in place if the virus begins to overcome again.
"We need to preserve the credibility of public health officials to reduce some of these provisions next winter, if we begin to see epidemics again," said Gottlieb Smith. "The only way to gain public credibility is to demonstrate that you are ready to relax these provisions when a situation improves."
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The CDC always makes decisions for the population as a whole, but could change the direction "soon".
Officials report that change can be on the horizon. At a virtual meeting with the Governors of the State on May 11, Biden stated that a change of guidance onInterior mask mandates would come "at some point."
"We went a little slower to ensure that we are exactly with regard to the percentage of the population that was vaccinated," said Biden, adding that his administration would be "going on to the matter in the next little ".
But while testifying before the Congress on May 11, Director CDCRochelle Walensky, MD, explained why the agency took its time to revise the interior mask guidelines. "I think it's important to understand that we, at CDC, are responsible for the decommissioning of individuals as well as populations, public health. We are responsible for the decommissioning counties with less than five cases Per 100,000 and for counties that have more than 100 cases per 100,000, as well as for counties with less than 10% of vaccinated people and counties with more than 50% of people vaccinated. Our guidance should be based on science For all these situations, "she said.
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