Masks are starting to become a thing of the past in the U.S. as the Omicron variant-fueled Covid surge continues to falter and experts are largely standing by the decision to drop mandates and instead allow people to choose for themselves whether they - or their kids - want to use face coverings.Dr Kavita Patel, an MSNBC contributor who works as a primary care physician and director of policy for the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement in the Obama administration, told that mask mandates in schools should not be around forever, and instead parents should choose whether their child needs to wear one based on a variety of factors.‘If you told me there’s a future where we’re wearing masks in perpetuity I'd say that’s ridiculous, the science doesn’t support that if we see that cases are coming down,' Patel said.
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