Americans May Keep Wearing Masks Into 2022, Dr. Fauci Says

Even as more people are vaccinated, Dr. Anthony Fauci said over the weekend that wearing a mask to blunt the spread of the coronavirus may remain a part of Americans' routines into 2022 if active case counts stay relatively high, reports MassLive . Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, told CNN on Sunday, "If we have 20,000 cases per day . . . that's still a very high level of virus in the community. I want to see it go way down. When it goes way down and the overwhelming majority of the population are vaccinated, then I would feel comfortable saying we can pull back on the masks." President Biden has pledged to see at least 100 million Americans vaccinated during his first 100 days in office. According to Johns Hopkins University, more than 28 million Americans have contracted the virus to date.