Monday Morning Mask Politics: The CDC's Rapid Reversal On Indoor Masking

Nsikan Akpan, WNYC's health and science editor, and Annie Linskey, Washington Post national reporter covering the White House, talk about the CDC's change to its indoor mask guidance, including the political forces at play, and what it means for people's health.

Correction to some numbers, from the desk of Nsikan Akpan: There have been about 1,300 severe COVID cases (hospitalizations/deaths) out of 115 million fully vaccinated, which works out to about 1 hospitalization/death for every 100,000 people fully vaccinated. The number of breakthrough infections is 9,245 infections out of 95 million fully vaccinated. That would work out to about 1 in 10,000 breakthrough infections.