The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) late last month relaxed its mandatory mask mandates, but masks are still the policy at Medical Arts Hospital (MAH) and Medical Arts Clinic.The mandate, implemented as protection against contracting the coronavirus, was installed at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020.Due to fewer reported COVID-19 cases, hospitalization rates and deaths associated with the virus, some health and governmental agencies loosened the rules requiring medical personnel to wear facial coverings.The federal policy is still in place for MAH. The rule also applies at the clinic, though medical protective gear ...