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What Wearing Masks Continues To Mean To Public Safety And Ending The Pandemic

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Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite
Katelyn Trujillo and Moses Malavet were already wearing a mask outside when Denver’s tighter rules on face coverings was announced. Oct. 16, 2020.

We’re going to work through a fairly depressing headline you might’ve seen. “World Health Organization Urges Fully Vaccinated People To Continue To Wear Masks.” The reason? The COVID-19 Delta variant that's circulating. The news comes just as Coloradans have been returning to some semblance of normal life. Critical care and ICU physician Dr. Anuj Mehta of Denver Health gives us perspective on what this means. He’s helped advise the state on vaccine allocation.