Will we finally see the faces of children?

Some COVID-era minor celebrity doctors and public-health experts are opening the door to mask-wearing even if you’re an adult who got your latest booster shot, and perhaps even after COVID is gone. “Some older adults, especially those with chronic illness, can be more susceptible to viruses like RSV,” Dr. Sachin Jain told ABC. “For that reason, it’s best to keep practicing behaviors that will protect the health of older adults in our communities.”…

Have you noticed that even as the estimates of the COVID vaccines’ efficacy against transmission continues to be revised downward, American health officials continually revise the efficacy of masks upward? We’re so lucky that the science works that way. Almost two years ago, Dr. Anthony Fauci told people that masks weren’t very useful against respiratory viruses. That was based on ten random control trials done between the late 1940s and 2018. But now, masks, even the store-bought ones made of thin jersey, are high-scoring non-pharmaceutical interventions. And by the way, you should wear them because the CDC has now decided that preventing the transmission of the common cold is more important than humans relating to each other face to face.