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Beginning Feb. 16, every Bay Area county apart from Santa Clara will lift mask mandates for most public indoor settings. But with omicron still burdening hospitals and adversely impacting the unvaccinated, it is too soon? Or is the timing actually perfect for the vaccinated among us to start ditching face coverings?

Dr. Monica Gandhi, one of the nation's preeminent experts and policy advisors on infectious disease believes so joins host Matt Pitman to explain why.

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