Chicago infectious disease specialist says to mask indoors

Both Chicago and Cook County are now at “medium” risk for COVID-19.

By Claire Hyman
People wearing masks
FILE - Travelers line up wearing protective masks indoors at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Dec. 28, 2021. U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Tampa, Fla., on April 18, 2022, voided the national travel mask mandate as exceeding the authority of U.S. health officials. Nam Y. Huh/Associated Press
People wearing masks
FILE - Travelers line up wearing protective masks indoors at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Dec. 28, 2021. U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle in Tampa, Fla., on April 18, 2022, voided the national travel mask mandate as exceeding the authority of U.S. health officials. Nam Y. Huh/Associated Press

Chicago infectious disease specialist says to mask indoors

Both Chicago and Cook County are now at “medium” risk for COVID-19.

By Claire Hyman
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Twelve percent of U.S. counties are at medium risk for COVID-19. In the Chicago area, nearly all neighboring counties have reached this level. This comes as the White House is warning the country could see 100 million COVID infections this fall and winter.

Reset gets the latest public health guidance from an infectious disease specialist.

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