• Ann. Intern. Med. · Jun 2023

    Editorial

    Universal Masking in Health Care Settings: A Pandemic Strategy Whose Time Has Come and Gone, For Now.

    • Erica S Shenoy, Hilary M Babcock, Karen B Brust, Michael S Calderwood, Shira Doron, Anurag N Malani, Sharon B Wright, and Westyn Branch-Elliman.
    • Harvard Medical School, Infection Control Unit and Division of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Infection Control, Mass General Brigham, Boston, Massachusetts (E.S.S.).
    • Ann. Intern. Med. 2023 Jun 1; 176 (6): 859861859-861.

    AbstractDuring the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the use of facemasks has been mandated in all health care settings for individuals older than 2 years, whether present as health care personnel, patients, or visitors. In this commentary, a group of health care epidemiologists, infectious diseases physicians, and researchers argue for the withdrawal of the universal masking policy given the current status of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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