Why vaccinated people should wear masks indoors for the foreseeable future: ForbesFrontlines
Part of the reason to continue this guidance is behavioral. It’s understandable that leaders want to unwind Covid-19 restrictions in their communities as quickly as safety permits. But there are psychological costs to repeatedly changing masking guidance over time.
Overloading Americans with masking-related choices risks both poor decisions and paralyzing indecision., a behavioral principle that describes the tendency to favor the known over the unknown – even if the known comes with greater risks. In the context of Covid-19, repeatedly changing masking guidance could create ambiguity; cause some Americans to associate public health information with the unknown; and lead people to reject that guidance in favor of other information and riskier actions.
Instead, local officials could translate the latest CDC guidance into policies that are clear, streamlined, and maintained over time. Well-defined stipulations and rationales can reduce ambiguity. Avoiding multiple choices and vague contingencies can reduce decision fatigue. Maintaining some form of masking policy creates stability and underscores the right messages about safe behaviors and vaccines.
Of course, none of these policy measures are panaceas. All of us also look forward to the day when masks aren’t needed, indoors or out. But given where we are with Covid-19, the latest CDC indoor masking guidance is a step in the right direction. We should stay this course for the foreseeable future, translating guidance into indoor masking policies that account for both public health and human behavior.
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