Time to End Outdoor Mask Edicts

Former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb writes in the Wall Street Journal that the U.S. should drop outdoor mask mandates:

“Wearing masks and restricting large gatherings were essential to controlling the pandemic’s worst peaks. But infection levels are dropping and vaccination rates rising. This is the time to revisit rules on masking and distancing in low-risk outdoor settings like parks and sports venues. Easing these rules would move more activity outdoors, which reduces viral transmission.”

President Biden is expected to announce new mask guidance tomorrow for those who have been vaccinated.