Returning to early pandemic mandates also wouldn’t be effective given today’s political climate, experts said.

And the Food and Drug Administration approved Paxlovid as a treatment for COVID-19. About 81% of all Americans have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in May. Immunity to the virus, either through vaccination or prior infection, is drastically higher now than it was at the pandemic’s onset. Those measures were put into place several years ago, before we had a vaccine, before we had any kind of treatments for COVID,” said Marcus Plescia, chief medical officer for the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. “We’re just in a very, very different place (now). Several public health and health policy experts told PolitiFact that it’s highly unlikely any level of government - local, state or federal - will reinstate broad mask mandates or stay-at-home orders in response to COVID-19. Experts say return to early pandemic restrictions is highly unlikely That’s partly because there is significantly more widespread immunity today than there was after the virus first emerged. will reinstitute the nationwide mask mandates and travel restrictions that were common early in the pandemic. Ron DeSantis.īut public health experts say it’s highly unlikely the U.S. We’ve seen these claims repeated by conservative commentators and politicians, including InfoWars founder and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, former President Donald Trump, Fox News host Laura Ingraham and Florida Gov. Posts warning about the return of COVID-19 “lockdowns” and mask mandates are trending widely on social media, including TikTok, Facebook, Instagram and X, formerly Twitter. 30, claimed, “If we let this lockdown happen, it’s gonna be permanent.” They’re gonna close down churches, they’re gonna close down small businesses.”Īnother TikTok video, shared Aug. “They’re gonna bring back the injection mandates. They’re gonna bring back the tortuous mask mandates in schools,” one person said in an Aug. “They’re gonna bring back draconian lockdowns. Now, some are sounding the alarm that more severe restrictions are on the horizon. schools and businesses have temporarily reinstated mask mandates to mitigate the virus’s spread. Variant-driven COVID-19 cases are increasing and a few U.S.

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