Go maskless? Some Americans skeptical of new guidelines, other say it's high time | Malay Mail

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WASHINGTON, May 15 ― New US guidance allowing people to go without masks in most places provided one more topic of disagreement among Americans who have found little common ground throughout the pandemic. Some cited caution and confusion, while others who have rarely worn masks rolled their eyes...

Saturday, 15 May 2021 08:40 AM MYT

“I'm nervous about it,” said a masked Allison Douma, 24, out walking her dogs in Washington, DC. She was fully vaccinated last month. “I just don't feel safe because vaccination rates are going down, and I'm worried about the mutations,” she said of more contagious virus variants widely circulating. In many parts of the United States, people have not been wearing masks for months. A January survey by the University of Southern California Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research found that even at a peak time for Covid-19 infections, half of Americans were not wearing masks when mixing with the public.

Another food chain, Trader Joe's, said it would immediately drop its mask mandate for customers who are fully vaccinated.

 

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