The Biden administration will offer 400 million high-quality masks to Americans for free at retail pharmacies and community health centers across the country.
. The plan is a response to growing pressure from public health experts to encourage Americans to stop using cloth masks that don’t work as well against the Omicron variant.
The supply distribution won’t include child-sized masks, though the federal government is trying to get some, Politico reported.on Friday that said people should wear high-quality masks such as N95s, rather than cloth face coverings, to prevent the spread of Omicron. Following the guidance, public health officials called for the government to distribute masks that may be hard to find.
. Several states have already dropped their mask mandates, and in states where masks have been heavily politicized, many people have stopped wearing them, Politico reported.hinted at the initiative “I know we all wish that we could finally be done with wearing masks,” he said. “I get it. But they’re a really important tool to stop the spread, especially of a highly transmittable Omicron variant.”
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