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May 15, 2021 According to the majority of

US epidemiologists

, despite the vaccination campaign is advancing in the country, the masks will be kept indoors for another year.

This was reported by a survey conducted by the New York Times, according to which hundreds of experts are opposed to some aspects of the enlargement of the 'mesh' just launched by the CDC.   



According to the results of the survey, conducted on 723 experts, 29% of respondents believe that masks should be kept indoors for a year, 26% for more than a year and 26% even 'forever in certain situations', for example. during the flu season, regardless of vaccination status.



On the other hand, only 5% think they can be removed in the coming months. Nearly nine out of ten also think that they should also be kept outdoors by those who have had the vaccine in particular environments, such as at a concert or a street demonstration, while the recommendations just launched by the CDC provide that an outdoor vaccine can be without a mask regardless of the status of those around him. Before abandoning the masks, say most of the interviewees, the incidence of the virus still has to drop a lot. "In crowded places, both indoors and outdoors, the mask is useful - says Luther-King Phasehun, an epidemiologist at Temple University - until the level in the communities drops much more than now".   



For many, protection will have to be kept indefinitely in places like airplanes or during the winter season. "I could wear a mask every flu season - says Allison Stewart, of the Williamson County and Cities Health District in Texas -. It was nice not to get sick for more than a year." 



War of the Masks in the American Congress

. A group of 34 Republican deputies sent a letter to the speaker Nancy Pelosi to invite her to immediately remove the obligation to use the mask in the Chamber starting from the proceedings in the classroom. 



Obligation that instead the third office of the state has reiterated by pointing the finger at the members of Congress who have not yet vaccinated.   



"The US Congress must serve as a model to show the country how vaccination can resume normal life," the text reads. However, the data show that while 100% of the Democrats in the House and Senate are fully vaccinated, among the Republicans more than half of the deputies and some senators are still missing.



Large American supermarkets such

as Walmart, Costco, Trader Joe's and Sam's Club, lift the requirement for vaccinated customers to wear masks while shopping. This was announced by the companies that own the distribution chains, after the new recommendations of the US health authorities who deem the restrictions for those who are fully immunized against the coronavirus no longer necessary.



Children who are not yet vaccinated against Covid-19 will have to wear protective masks when they return to class next fall, said Dr.

Anthony Fauci

, one of the foremost public health experts in the United States today. Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday that people fully vaccinated against Covid-19 no longer need to wear face masks or practice social distancing indoors or out, under most circumstances.



"First of all, schools should be open, with face-to-face lessons in the fall," Fauci told CNN. "We absolutely have to." In these situations, children who haven't been vaccinated - and most elementary school students won't - should wear a face mask, said Fauci, who heads the National Institute for Allergies and infectious diseases. "For unvaccinated groups, or elementary school children, nothing will change," he stressed.