The CDC eases guidelines for masking

By Claire Hyman
Masking in stores
A customer wears a mask as she waits to check out at a register in a retail store in Morton Grove, Ill., Wednesday, July 21, 2021. Nam Y. Huh/Associated Press
Masking in stores
A customer wears a mask as she waits to check out at a register in a retail store in Morton Grove, Ill., Wednesday, July 21, 2021. Nam Y. Huh/Associated Press

The CDC eases guidelines for masking

By Claire Hyman
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The CDC now ranks COVID-related hospital admissions and available ICU beds as more important than case numbers for assessing virus risk.

Reset checks in with our resident expert about what these changes will mean for Illinois.

GUEST: Dr. Mia Taormina, infectious disease specialist with Duly Health and Care