Biden Offering Free High-Quality Face Masks to Americans

President Joe Biden recently announced his administration would make high-quality masks available to Americans for free. "I know we all wish could finally be done with wearing masks, I get it, but they are a really important tool to stop the spread, especially of the highly transmissible Omicron variant," Biden said in remarks from the White House. He noted that for some Americans, "a mask is not always affordable or convenient to get."  Some experts have said Americans should be wearing N95 and KN95 masks instead of cloth or surgical masks to avoid the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.