Public-health experts are divided on whether measures including masking mandates should be relaxed now or when cases drop lower
From New York to California, an increasing number of states are lifting statewide mask mandates as the Omicron wave recedes. Federal public-health officials, meanwhile, continue to recommend mask-wearing in public indoor settings in much of the country.
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