{"id":199375,"date":"2021-03-11T09:27:30","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T06:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mask-up-america-texas-abandons-covid-19-mask-mandate-health-experts-say-thats-a-really-really-bad-idea\/"},"modified":"2021-03-11T09:27:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T06:27:30","slug":"mask-up-america-texas-abandons-covid-19-mask-mandate-health-experts-say-thats-a-really-really-bad-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mask-up-america-texas-abandons-covid-19-mask-mandate-health-experts-say-thats-a-really-really-bad-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"#\n  \u2018Mask up, America!\u2019 Texas abandons COVID-19 mask mandate \u2014 health experts say that\u2019s a really, really bad idea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a239cc4e0186\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a239cc4e0186\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mask-up-america-texas-abandons-covid-19-mask-mandate-health-experts-say-thats-a-really-really-bad-idea\/#%E2%80%98Only_around_10_of_Americans_nationwide_have_been_vaccinated_and_many_of_the_people_at_greatest_risk_have_yet_to_receive_a_vaccine_says_Barbara_Alexander_president_of_the_Infectious_Diseases_Society_of_America\" >\u2018Only around 10% of Americans nationwide have been vaccinated, and many of the people at greatest risk have yet to receive a vaccine,\u2019 says Barbara Alexander, president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mask-up-america-texas-abandons-covid-19-mask-mandate-health-experts-say-thats-a-really-really-bad-idea\/#A_woman_suffering_from_probable_COVID-19_symptoms_is_transported_to_a_hospital_in_Houston_Texas_last_August_Medics_with_the_Houston_Fire_Department_wear_protective_masks_on_all_medical_calls_whether_patients_have_been_tested_for_COVID-19_or_not\" >A woman suffering from probable COVID-19 symptoms is transported to a hospital in Houston, Texas last August. Medics with the Houston Fire Department wear protective masks on all medical calls, whether patients have been tested for COVID-19 or not.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mask-up-america-texas-abandons-covid-19-mask-mandate-health-experts-say-thats-a-really-really-bad-idea\/#Dr_Anthony_Fauci_director_of_the_National_Institute_of_Allergy_and_Infectious_Diseases\" >Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mask-up-america-texas-abandons-covid-19-mask-mandate-health-experts-say-thats-a-really-really-bad-idea\/#Quentin_Fottrell\" >Quentin Fottrell<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#<br \/>\n  \u2018Mask up, America!\u2019 Texas abandons COVID-19 mask mandate \u2014 health experts say that\u2019s a really, really bad idea<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%98Only_around_10_of_Americans_nationwide_have_been_vaccinated_and_many_of_the_people_at_greatest_risk_have_yet_to_receive_a_vaccine_says_Barbara_Alexander_president_of_the_Infectious_Diseases_Society_of_America\"><\/span>\n  \u2018Only around 10% of Americans nationwide have been vaccinated, and many of the people at greatest risk have yet to receive a vaccine,\u2019 says Barbara Alexander, president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"F1E2AE5A-81AE-11EB-B244-8FD3EF303ED7\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-layout=\"\n                inline\" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n          media-object\n          type-InsetMediaIllustration\n              full-width\n              \n    \n            \n  article__inset\n          article__inset--type-InsetMediaIllustration\n              article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"\n        media-object-image\n        enlarge-image\n        renoImageFormat-20210310114944\n        img-inline\n        article__inset__image\n      \" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.2121%;\" data-mobile-ratio=\"56.2121%\" data-layout-ratio=\"56.2921%\" data-subtype=\"illustration\" class=\"image-container  responsive-media article__inset__image__image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ei.marketwatch.com\/Multimedia\/2021\/03\/10\/Photos\/MB\/MW-JC775_TexasM_20210310114944_MB.jpg?uuid=9df45d04-81c0-11eb-874a-001cc448aede 140w,\nhttps:\/\/ei.marketwatch.com\/Multimedia\/2021\/03\/10\/Photos\/MG\/MW-JC775_TexasM_20210310114944_MG.jpg?uuid=9df45d04-81c0-11eb-874a-001cc448aede 540w,\nhttps:\/\/ei.marketwatch.com\/Multimedia\/2021\/03\/10\/Photos\/ZQ\/MW-JC775_TexasM_20210310114944_ZQ.jpg?uuid=9df45d04-81c0-11eb-874a-001cc448aede 620w,\nhttps:\/\/ei.marketwatch.com\/Multimedia\/2021\/03\/10\/Photos\/ZH\/MW-JC775_TexasM_20210310114944_ZH.jpg?uuid=9df45d04-81c0-11eb-874a-001cc448aede 860w,\nhttps:\/\/ei.marketwatch.com\/Multimedia\/2021\/03\/10\/Photos\/ZG\/MW-JC775_TexasM_20210310114944_ZG.jpg?uuid=9df45d04-81c0-11eb-874a-001cc448aede 1260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 140px) 100px,\n(max-width: 540px) 500px,\n(max-width: 620px) 580px,\n(max-width: 860px) 820px,\n1260px\" src=\"https:\/\/ei.marketwatch.com\/Multimedia\/2021\/03\/10\/Photos\/ZQ\/MW-JC775_TexasM_20210310114944_ZQ.jpg?uuid=9df45d04-81c0-11eb-874a-001cc448aede\" data-enlarge=\"https:\/\/ei.marketwatch.com\/Multimedia\/2021\/03\/10\/Photos\/ZG\/MW-JC775_TexasM_20210310114944_ZG.jpg?uuid=9df45d04-81c0-11eb-874a-001cc448aede\" alt=\"\" title=\"A woman suffering from probable COVID-19 symptoms is transported to a hospital in Houston, Texas...\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wsj-article-caption article__inset__image__caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">\n<h4 class=\"wsj-article-caption-content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"A_woman_suffering_from_probable_COVID-19_symptoms_is_transported_to_a_hospital_in_Houston_Texas_last_August_Medics_with_the_Houston_Fire_Department_wear_protective_masks_on_all_medical_calls_whether_patients_have_been_tested_for_COVID-19_or_not\"><\/span>A woman suffering from probable COVID-19 symptoms is transported to a hospital in Houston, Texas last August. Medics with the Houston Fire Department wear protective masks on all medical calls, whether patients have been tested for COVID-19 or not. <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>      <span class=\"wsj-article-credit article__inset__image__caption__credit\" itemprop=\"creator\"><br \/>\n            John Moore\/Getty Images<br \/>\n          <\/span><br \/>\n  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>       Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, officially ended his state\u2019s public face-mask mandate Wednesday, and allowed businesses to reopen, despite opposition. Gilberto Hinojosa, chairman of the Texas Democratic Party, described the move as \u201cextraordinarily dangerous\u201d and said it \u201cwill kill Texans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Health professionals have decried moves to go maskless. Barbara Alexander, president of Infectious Diseases Society of America, had three words for people: \u201cMask up, America!\u201d \u201cReports indicating that these reductions have stalled should remind us that our progress is fragile,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.idsociety.org\/news--publications-new\/articles\/2021\/pandemic-control-continues-to-require-strong-support-and-adherence-to-public-health-measures\/\" class=\"icon none\">she said<\/a>, referring to declining rates of coronavirus infections.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n                \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n          media-object\n          type-InsetPullQuote\n            inline\n  article__inset\n          article__inset--type-InsetPullQuote\n            article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wsj-article-pullquote article__inset__pullquote \">\n<p class=\"pullquote-content article__inset__pullquote__quote\">\n        <span class=\"l-qt article__inset__pullquote__mark--left\">\u201c<\/span><br \/>\n        \u2018COVID-19 continues to spread and take lives. Emerging and more transmissible variants of the virus pose new and increased risks.\u2019<br \/>\n        <span class=\"r-qt article__inset__pullquote__mark--right\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>        <small><br \/>\n          <span class=\"inset-author article__inset__pullquote__author\">\u2014 Barbara Alexander, president of Infectious Diseases Society of America<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/small><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       \u201cOnly around 10% of Americans nationwide have been vaccinated (33 million people) and many of the people at greatest risk have yet to receive a vaccine. COVID-19 continues to spread and take lives. Emerging and more transmissible variants of the virus pose new and increased risks,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p> Austin, the fourth largest city in Texas, will require masks, despite the state orders. As of Thursday, the number of deaths from COVID-19 in the U.S. continues to climb, and recently surpassed 529,203. Texas has the third-highest number of COVID-related deaths (45,795) in the country after California (54,820) and New York (48,573). <\/p>\n<p>Maintaining <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> distance, avoiding large gatherings, frequent hand-washing and mask-wearing should continue, Alexander said. \u201cAbandoning them now will postpone the day we can put COVID-19 behind us. We can\u2019t forget the lessons this pandemic has taught us, or its terrible toll.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The only Americans who should forego masks are those who have already been fully vaccinated and they should only do so among other vaccinated people, according to guidance how fully vaccinated people can socialize released this week by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent study in the Journal of Adolescent Health study, Indiana University researchers said even most high-school age youths are willing to wear face masks to help stop the spread of COVID-19, though they called for more education on how to wear masks properly, and more consistently.<\/p>\n<div data-layout=\"\n                inline\" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n          media-object\n          type-InsetMediaIllustration\n              full-width\n              \n    \n            \n  article__inset\n          article__inset--type-InsetMediaIllustration\n              article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"\n        media-object-image\n        enlarge-image\n        renoImageFormat-20210310110602\n        img-inline\n        article__inset__image\n      \" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:72.6563%;\" data-mobile-ratio=\"72.6563%\" data-layout-ratio=\"72.6563%\" data-subtype=\"illustration\" class=\"image-container  responsive-media article__inset__image__image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ei.marketwatch.com\/Multimedia\/2021\/03\/10\/Photos\/NS\/MW-JC765_F1larg_20210310110602_NS.jpg?uuid=82dccb74-81ba-11eb-b95f-001cc448aede 1260w\" sizes=\"1260px\" src=\"https:\/\/ei.marketwatch.com\/Multimedia\/2021\/03\/10\/Photos\/NS\/MW-JC765_F1larg_20210310110602_NS.jpg?uuid=82dccb74-81ba-11eb-b95f-001cc448aede\" data-enlarge=\"https:\/\/ei.marketwatch.com\/Multimedia\/2021\/03\/10\/Photos\/NS\/MW-JC765_F1larg_20210310110602_NS.jpg?uuid=82dccb74-81ba-11eb-b95f-001cc448aede\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wsj-article-caption article__inset__image__caption\" itemprop=\"caption\"><span class=\"wsj-article-credit article__inset__image__caption__credit\" itemprop=\"creator\"><br \/>\n            Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Science<\/a>s<br \/>\n          <\/span><br \/>\n  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>       A review of literature on face masks <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/118\/4\/e2014564118\" class=\"icon none\">published in January<\/a> by the peer-reviewed Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the official journal of the National Academy of Sciences, concluded: \u201cPublic mask wearing is most effective at reducing spread of the virus when compliance is high.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe preponderance of evidence indicates that mask wearing reduces transmissibility per contact by reducing transmission of infected respiratory particles in both laboratory and clinical contexts,\u201d the 19 international authors of the review concluded. <\/p>\n<p>COVID-19 is known to be transmissible among pre-symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals, and those presenting few symptoms. \u201cWe recommend that public officials and governments strongly encourage the use of widespread face masks in public,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-membership-tile\"><\/div>\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n                \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n          media-object\n          type-InsetPullQuote\n            inline\n  article__inset\n          article__inset--type-InsetPullQuote\n            article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wsj-article-pullquote article__inset__pullquote \">\n<p class=\"pullquote-content article__inset__pullquote__quote\">\n        <span class=\"l-qt article__inset__pullquote__mark--left\">\u201c<\/span><br \/>\n        \u2018Public mask wearing is most effective at reducing spread of the virus when compliance is high.\u2019<br \/>\n        <span class=\"r-qt article__inset__pullquote__mark--right\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>        <small><br \/>\n          <span class=\"inset-author article__inset__pullquote__author\">\u2014 Review of literature by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/small><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       Face masks likely played a role in reducing the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Italy during the first half of 2020, and could have reduced the number of official COVID-19 cases there by up to 30,000 during the surge in cases during the  spring of 2020, research in the peer-reviewed journal Infectious Diseases found.<\/p>\n<p>Morten Gram Pedersen, lead author of the study and associate professor at the Department of Information Engineering of the University of Padova, wrote in the study, \u201cWe did not see this reduction in places that did not introduce any additional local interventions at that time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many previous studies have said that face masks have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC4699551\/\" class=\"icon none\">helped reduce contagion<\/a> by reducing droplets being sprayed into the air. It may be that masks also help promote healthy behaviors, and encourage people not to touch their faces during or after they are in public settings.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/multimedia.3m.com\/mws\/media\/409903O\/respiratory-protection-against-biohazards.pdf?mod=article_inline\" class=\"icon none\">This study<\/a> says N95 medical-grade masks help filter viruses larger than 0.1 micrometers (One micrometer is one millionth of a meter). The coronavirus is 0.125 micrometers. These products \u201chave been shown to have efficacy at filtering smaller particles and are designed to fit tightly to the face.\u201d<\/p>\n<div data-layout=\"\n                inline\" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n          media-object\n          type-InsetMediaIllustration\n              full-width\n              \n    \n            \n  article__inset\n          article__inset--type-InsetMediaIllustration\n              article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"\n        media-object-image\n        enlarge-image\n        renoImageFormat-20210108061454\n        img-inline\n        article__inset__image\n      \" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.2121%;\" data-mobile-ratio=\"56.2121%\" data-layout-ratio=\"56.2921%\" data-subtype=\"illustration\" class=\"image-container  responsive-media article__inset__image__image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ei.marketwatch.com\/Multimedia\/2021\/01\/08\/Photos\/MB\/MW-IX824_FauciM_20210108061454_MB.jpg?uuid=bc2a560a-51a2-11eb-afba-001cc448aede 140w,\nhttps:\/\/ei.marketwatch.com\/Multimedia\/2021\/01\/08\/Photos\/MG\/MW-IX824_FauciM_20210108061454_MG.jpg?uuid=bc2a560a-51a2-11eb-afba-001cc448aede 540w,\nhttps:\/\/ei.marketwatch.com\/Multimedia\/2021\/01\/08\/Photos\/ZQ\/MW-IX824_FauciM_20210108061454_ZQ.jpg?uuid=bc2a560a-51a2-11eb-afba-001cc448aede 620w,\nhttps:\/\/ei.marketwatch.com\/Multimedia\/2021\/01\/08\/Photos\/ZH\/MW-IX824_FauciM_20210108061454_ZH.jpg?uuid=bc2a560a-51a2-11eb-afba-001cc448aede 860w,\nhttps:\/\/ei.marketwatch.com\/Multimedia\/2021\/01\/08\/Photos\/ZG\/MW-IX824_FauciM_20210108061454_ZG.jpg?uuid=bc2a560a-51a2-11eb-afba-001cc448aede 1260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 140px) 100px,\n(max-width: 540px) 500px,\n(max-width: 620px) 580px,\n(max-width: 860px) 820px,\n1260px\" src=\"https:\/\/ei.marketwatch.com\/Multimedia\/2021\/01\/08\/Photos\/ZQ\/MW-IX824_FauciM_20210108061454_ZQ.jpg?uuid=bc2a560a-51a2-11eb-afba-001cc448aede\" data-enlarge=\"https:\/\/ei.marketwatch.com\/Multimedia\/2021\/01\/08\/Photos\/ZG\/MW-IX824_FauciM_20210108061454_ZG.jpg?uuid=bc2a560a-51a2-11eb-afba-001cc448aede\" alt=\"\" title=\"Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wsj-article-caption article__inset__image__caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">\n<h4 class=\"wsj-article-caption-content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dr_Anthony_Fauci_director_of_the_National_Institute_of_Allergy_and_Infectious_Diseases\"><\/span>Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>      <span class=\"wsj-article-credit article__inset__image__caption__credit\" itemprop=\"creator\"><br \/>\n            Getty Images<br \/>\n          <\/span><br \/>\n  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>       When asked last month whether Americans will still be wearing masks in 2022 and when life will return to normal, Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/health\/2021\/02\/21\/dr-fauci-covid-19-masks-2022-bash-vpx.cnn\/video\/playlists\/coronavirus\/\" class=\"icon none\">told CNN<\/a>. \u201cIt is possible that that\u2019s the case, and again it really depends on what you mean by normality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf normality means exactly the way things were before we had this h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en to us, I mean, I can\u2019t predict that,\u201d he said. \u201cObviously, I think we\u2019re going to have a significant degree of normality beyond what a terrible burden all of us have been through over the last year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But he warned that the new, more contagious versions of the COVID-19 virus will also determine whether people will still be wearing masks in 2022. \u201cThere are so many other things that would make a projection that I give you today on this Sunday wind up not being the case six months from now.\u201d<\/p>\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n                \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n          media-object\n          type-InsetPullQuote\n            inline\n  article__inset\n          article__inset--type-InsetPullQuote\n            article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"wsj-article-pullquote article__inset__pullquote \">\n<p class=\"pullquote-content article__inset__pullquote__quote\">\n        <span class=\"l-qt article__inset__pullquote__mark--left\">\u201c<\/span><br \/>\n        \u2018I think we\u2019re going to have a significant degree of normality beyond what a terrible burden all of us have been through over the last year.\u2019<br \/>\n        <span class=\"r-qt article__inset__pullquote__mark--right\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>        <small><br \/>\n          <span class=\"inset-author article__inset__pullquote__author\">\u2014 Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/small><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       Fauci has said that if 70% to 85% of the U.S. population was vaccinated, that would equate to good \u201cherd immunity,\u201d and the country should start to see a return to normalcy by the fall. That, of course, may depend on individuals\u2019 age, circumstances and underlying conditions.<\/p>\n<p> In January, U.S. President Joe Biden signed a mask mandate for all federal workers and anyone on federal property. They should, the mandate said, \u201call wear masks, maintain physical distance, and adhere to other public-health measures, as provided in CDC guidelines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pfizer<br \/>\n        PFE,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/202877789\/composite\" class=\"positive\">+1.39%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       and German partner BioNTech SE\u2019s<br \/>\n        BNTX,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/214419716\/composite\" class=\"positive\">+1.60%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n      \u00a0and Moderna\u2019s<br \/>\n        MRNA,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/205619834\/composite\" class=\"negative\">-0.86%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n      \u00a0mRNA-based two-shot vaccines are about 95% effective. J&amp;J vaccine is an adenovirus vector-based vaccine, and it only requires one shot in the U.S. It has 72% efficacy.<\/p>\n<p>Despite reluctance by some Americans to get the J&amp;J vaccine, even though people are not given a choice, all three vaccines can prevent severe disease, hospitalization and death. \u201cEach of them are very effective in preventing clinically apparent disease,\u201d Fauci said on Friday. <\/p>\n<div data-layout=\"\n                \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n          media-object\n          type-InsetMediaIllustration\n              reno-inset\n              \n              \n              wrap\n  article__inset\n          article__inset--type-InsetMediaIllustration\n                \n                article__inset--wrap\n  \"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"\n        media-object-image\n        enlarge-image\n        renoImageFormat-\n        img-\n        article__inset__image\n            empty-image\n  \" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:%;\" data-mobile-ratio=\"%\" data-layout-ratio=\"%\" data-subtype=\"illustration\" class=\"image-container  responsive-media article__inset__image__image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"\" src=\"\" data-enlarge=\"\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wsj-article-caption article__inset__image__caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">\n<h4 class=\"wsj-article-caption-content\"><\/h4>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n                \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n          media-object\n          type-InsetRelatedArticles\n            inline\n  article__inset\n          article__inset--type-InsetRelatedArticles\n            article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p><\/div>\n<div data-layout=\"\n                inline\" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n          media-object\n          type-InsetCommentingPromo\n              \n              inline\n  article__inset\n          article__inset--type-InsetCommentingPromo\n              article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>      <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author  hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Quentin Fottrell\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Quentin_Fottrell\"><\/span>Quentin Fottrell<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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