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In the News highlights media coverage featuring the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

STAT
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As mask mandates fade, experts say use of masks likely will not

The guidance comes at a time when many states have already canceled mask mandates or announced they will roll them back soon, when the choice of whether to wear a mask in public settings will in most cases transition to individuals — at least for the time being.
 

The Washington Post
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CDC’s new approach to covid means most Americans can go without masks

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased mask recommendations for the vast majority of the country Friday under a new framework to monitor the coronavirus that immediately affects about 70 percent of Americans — a process that state and local officials had already begun amid demands for a return to normalcy.
 

WTOP
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New omicron subvariant not expected to lead to another COVID-19 surge

As omicron cases continue to decline across the region, health departments in the District, Virginia and Maryland have reported new cases of a subvariant strain of the illness, but one expert said it doesn’t appear the newest version of COVID-19 will lead to another spike in cases.
 

The Atlantic
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Mask Mandates Are Illogical. So What?

Pointing out the logical flaws in mask mandates is easy. Fixing them is hard—and important.
David Dowdy and Tara Kirk Sell are quoted. 

The Atlantic
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We’re Entering the Control Phase of the Pandemic

We’ve been at similar junctures before—at the end of the very first surge, again in the pre-Delta downslope. Each time, the virus has come roaring back. It is not done with us. Which means that we cannot be done with it.
Jennifer Nuzzo and Crystal Watson are quoted. 
 

Associated Press
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Estimated 73% of US now immune to omicron: Is that enough?

The omicron wave that assaulted the United States this winter also bolstered its defenses, leaving enough protection against the coronavirus that future spikes will likely require much less — if any — dramatic disruption to society.
Andy Pekosz and Shaun Truelove are quoted.