Philadelphia city health officials say they aren't ready to drop the mask mandate yet, but said “eventually” the mask mandate will end.
Dr. Craig Shapiro of Nemour Children's Hospital to discuss the latest in vaccination news for children.Philadelphia city health officials say they aren't ready to drop the mask mandate yet, but said "eventually" the mask mandate will end.
Dr. Cheryl Bettigole explained that while it's great that more people are doing home tests, counting cases isn't the best metric to determine how we're doing in terms of the pandemic. "We still have more than 500 cases per day, we are on track to see 300 deaths in January. We are not at a place where we would drop the mask mandate," Dr. Bettigole stated.
Dr. Bettigole also added that she and her team have been exploring what the best circumstances would be to consider dropping the mask mandate.
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