A former Trump administration official who led the initial federal pandemic response in 2020 said that masks do not need to be mandated now.
Dr. Deborah Birx, former White House COVID-19 response coordinator, told Newsmax Saturday that three years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, “we don’t need to mandate.” She was responding to an increasing number of hospitals and businesses that are mandating masks amid a slight increase in COVID-19 hospital admissions around the United States.
