With rising US COVID-19 cases, recommendations and mandates for masks are starting to pop up across the country, and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) today updated its recommendations for the upcoming school year, advising masks for everyone older than 2 years regardless of vaccination status.Overall, US cases are up 140% in the past 2 weeks according to the New York Times tracker.
Hospitalizations and deaths have increased by 34% and 33%, respectively. And the federal government is continuing its battle against COVID-19 vaccine misinformation and urging people to get vaccinated.Masks recommended for schoolsThe AAP's updated mask recommendations for the 2021-22 school year are beyond what the Centers for Disease Control and