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Fauci says Americans could still need to wear face masks in 2022

America's highly regarded infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci has warned that US citizens might still need to wear masks a year from now. However, he predicted the US would return to a significant degree of normality by fall. “I want it to keep going down to a baseline that’s so low there is virtually no threat,” Fauci said at a CNN programme, referring to the number of cases nationally that would make him comfortable enough to stop recommending universal masking. “If you combine getting most of the people