Biden administration officials are downplaying Republican attacks on the latest mask guidance, focusing on one study cited by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in making its determination.
The CDC recommended earlier this week that vaccinated individuals continue to wear masks indoors in areas where the case rate is higher than 50 per 100,000 individuals over concerns that the delta variant, now the dominant coronavirus strain, can still be carried and transmitted by vaccinated people.
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