As new COVID-19 variants emerge that are potentially more contagious, specialists say that masks are more important than ever because they will lower the spread of the virus regardless of the variant.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, little has been met with more anticipation (or hesitancy) than the promise of a COVID-19 vaccine. However, by mid-November 2020, less than a year after SARS-CoV-2 gained global recognition as a public health threat, this “promise” has moved from speculation to possibility, and the news has everyone talking.
