President Biden acknowledges the American concerns with indoor mask mandates. While it may be considered too early to lift the mandate, he states that other mandates will be able to end instead. According to a CBS poll, the majority of Americans actually support mask mandates, however, they are still very frustrated by the pandemic. While experts agree that mask requirements in schools should not last forever, if they are lifted too early, that can jeopardize the progress that has been made over the past months. As rates of childhood vaccination increase, schools may even be able to end their own mandates.
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