Nationwide, the number of new COVID-19 cases is in decline, with the seven-day national average more than 60% lower than January's peak.
The drop in cases has some health experts suggesting it might be time to ease some restrictions, especially with tools like vaccines available.
Dr. Carol Vidal, a child psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins, said it is time for students to take off their masks because so many have fallen behind. But for Kahn, whose children lost their grandfather to the virus in 2020, the threat of COVID outweighs those risks.
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