CDC Expected to Announce Updated Mask Guidance

The CDC is expected to announce changes to face mask mandates today. The change will move from focusing on Covid-19 case counts to taking a more holistic view about a community’s risk from the virus. Currently about 95% of U.S. counties meet the criteria for substantial or high transmission and under the new guidelines, most Americans will not live in areas where the CDC is recommending masking which will take the number of hospitalizations, local hospital capacity and number of cases into account.