Do I need to wear a mask if I'm 6 feet away from others?
Health experts recommend wearing masks in public and keeping your distance from others in most cases, but whether you should do both could depend on the situation.
"There's no invisible force field at 6 feet," said Saskia Popescu, an infectious disease expert at George Mason University.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says spread of the virus beyond 6 feet is uncommon but more likely in poorly ventilated spaces. So
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