The lifting of the transportation mask mandate marks another turning point in the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States, and there are many ways to describe the situation at this inflection point.
When Delta Air Lines referred to Covid-19 as an"ordinary seasonal virus" after a federal judge struck down the Biden administration's mask mandate for public transportation, they were partly right: there is some evidence that it is seasonal. But it is far from ordinary, and it's still not the same as the flu.
Covid is widespreadWhile not ordinary, Covid-19 certainly is common.Is wearing a mask while traveling still helpful if you're the only one?Over the past two years, official case counts suggest nearly a quarter of the country has been infected with coronavirus, and the number of actual infections is estimated to be many times higher than what has been reported.
Monto says dropping the mask mandate now, at what he hopes is the tail end of the rise of the BA.2 variant,"may not be all that bad" but it may also be"a few weeks too early because we're not sure where we're going."In any case, continued vigilance remains critical. "We have to be watchful and respond to what is going on," he said."We've never seen a coronavirus pandemic before.
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