Masking in U.S. Post-Pandemic

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Mask culture

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5 years after the pandemic started, COVID-19 is still around. Masks? Not so much.

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Five years after the COVID-19 pandemic, masks are no longer commonplace in the U.S. Mask culture has actually been around for a while in parts of Asia .

People in China and Japan have been wearing masks for decades for many reasons, including blocking out air pollution and putting up a “social firewall” in public.

Pew found that masks are now so underutilized that even the divide between Republicans and Democrats has narrowed.

Most Americans say they think it’s extremely or very important for people who are sick to avoid contact with vulnerable people, but they’re less enthusiastic about taking action to protect others.

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