As mask guidelines, mandates change, some wonder about need to wear them outside, in public

The default has been to mask, said Wilkins, 39, who’s partially vaccinated. But once he’s fully inoculated, he plans to “act vaccinated,” he said, by easing up on the mask — in part to encourage others to get their vaccines. “I’m not going to be reckless,” he said, “but for us, it’s really important to follow our city and state guidelines and ask, ‘What are we modeling in this moment?’ ”