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Experts address concerns over face coverings, sniffles and potential closures as the Delta variant spreads

Satjawat Boontanataweepol / iStock When Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH, announced last week that fully vaccinated Americans no longer had to wear masks in most indoor settings unless local mandates dictate so, many public health experts scratched their heads and braced themselves for what they knew would be a confusing moment in America's battle against COVID-19. "The CDC got the science right, but the policy and communication was really wrong," said Leana Wen, MD, the former Baltimore health commissioner and Washington Post contributing ...

‘Turning the Corner’: U.S. Covid Outlook Reaches Most Hopeful Point Yet Julie Bosman and Sarah Mervosh © Philip Cheung for The New York Times Signs of hope are appearing across America. Los Angeles County made headlines with the news that it had reported zero new deaths on two consecutive days this week. On some recent days, entire states, including Wisconsin and West Virginia, have reported zero new coronavirus deaths — a brief but promising respite from the onslaught of the past year. And in New York and Chicago, officials encouraged by the recent progress have conf...

Also Featured Willem Hanekom, director of the Africa Health Research Institute. (@WillemAHanekom) From The Reading List New York Times: “More Contagious Virus Variant Is Now Dominant in U.S., C.D.C. Chief Says” — “A highly infectious variant of the coronavirus that was first identified in Britain has become the most common source of new infections in the United States, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday. The worrisome development comes as officials and scientists warn of a possible fourth surge of infections.” The Atlantic: “We Now Ca...

April 09, 2021 02:23 PM Time to get on the road again? A Kent State epidemiologist and others have thoughts about summer family travel Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images The pandemic is making it tough for families to figure out safe travel options this summer, the New York Times says, as parents will have had the opportunity to get vaccinated, but their younger kids have not. To sort through the dilemma, the paper talked with epidemiologists — including one from Kent State University — about their travel plans. "The most conservative approach would be to wait awhile longer and see...