{"id":23164,"date":"2020-05-31T10:31:45","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T16:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=65058"},"modified":"2020-05-31T10:31:45","modified_gmt":"2020-05-31T16:31:45","slug":"with-no-vaccine-in-sight-experts-say-masks-remain-imperative-in-combatting-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/with-no-vaccine-in-sight-experts-say-masks-remain-imperative-in-combatting-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"With no vaccine in sight, experts say masks remain imperative in combatting coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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While working at Breck n’ Boujee on May 28, Cindy Sammon (left) has a conversation with a mask-carrying tourist about face coverings.<\/strong>
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The coronavirus pandemic has caused a number of changes to daily life, but none are as publicly visible as the requirement for people to wear masks to prevent the spread of the virus. <\/p>\n

In the Safer at Home order, Summit County Public Health had masks as one of the requirements for residents and visitors. Under the order, people must wear face coverings or masks any time they are in a building open to the public or if they were outside and a 6-foot distance from others is not possible. <\/p>\n

Nationwide, masks and face coverings have become a symbol of the pandemic, with people who believe the country should open up refusing to wear them at protests and in public. However, local doctors and officials maintain that wearing masks in public is as important to preventing the spread of the virus as any other effort. <\/p>\n

According to the Centers for Disease Control<\/a>, one primary way the virus spreads is when an infected person coughs, sneezes or talks and water droplets are transmitted to another person. Those droplets can travel around 6 feet. <\/p>\n

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