As the CDC marks a new stage of the pandemic by loosening masking guidelines, Dallas County has quickly scaled back its mask mandate.
As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention mark a new stage of the pandemic by, no longer requiring masks in public settings, except in jails, homeless shelters, long-term care facilities and health care settings. Immunocompromised residents are still strongly encouraged to continue to wear masks in all indoor settings., which designates individual counties as being at low, medium, or high risk of residents contracting COVID-19.
For residents of low-risk counties, there is no recommendation for masking. And in medium-risk counties, people who are immunocompromised should talk to their doctor about continuing to wear a mask. The CDC is revising their universal mask mandates for schools, and only recommending districts require masks in high-risk settings.
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said the new system reflects a belief that the country has entered a different phase of the pandemic. Communities now have more tools to protect themselves from the virus, including an increased access to vaccines, testing, and high-quality masks. A federal mandate still requires Texans to wear face coverings on buses, trains and planes, though the order is set to expire on March 18. Texas Attorney Ken Paxton and U.S. Rep. Beth Van Duyne, R-Irving, hasThroughout the pandemic, political battles have raged over mask mandates in the state. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has waged legal fights with the Biden administration and withEarlier this week, Travis County returned to Stage 4, a less restrictive tier of COVID-19 guidelines.
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