Should U.S. drop COVID mandates? Heres what Dr. Scott Gottlieb thinks – Deseret News

The United States might need to change its guidance toward masking now that theres so much immunity to the coronavirus, said Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.

What he said: We have a much more contagious variant that is probably going to continue to circulate and you have a population that has much more immunity, he told CNBC.

Masks and schools: Gottlieb said the country shouldnt wait for the CDC to reach low prevalence of COVID-19 about 10 cases per 100,000 people per day to end the mask mandates in school.

What to look for: Gottlieb told MSNBCs Morning Joe earlier this week that COVID-19 case numbers are going to continue to come down as we get into the spring and the summer.

Yes, but: Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization, has been adamant that the coronavirus pandemic wont end when the world is still facing continued to spread.

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