would it have been easier to keep mask mandates in place than to put them back when/where needed?

[pstokely]

although the places where they're most needed right have never had them, the places where it might be politically the easiest to put them back in place are the places with the highest vax rates, but some are only issuing recommendations that might not make any difference

[Skittles]

1. YES

the CDC really dropped the ball with that one - it has made them lose credibility

[Voltaire2]

2. The cdc can't mandate masks it can only advise.

The idiot states didn’t give a shit when the cdc was recommending masks, and won’t give a shit if the cdc starts recommending masks again.

Currently masks for the vaccinated are unnecessary.

[boston bean]

4. They took all the power of mask enforcement for businesses away when they

Changed their recommendation.

People just pretend they are vaccinated.

Essentially they DID in reality, real world effect, remove the recommendation.

[pstokely]

5. some places in states without mandates have some local mandates

when they got rid of them when they found them to be unenforacble with the current CDC guidance

[hlthe2b]

3. I've been thinking this too. That said, how many violent episodes, including shootings of those

trying to enforce the mandates (many fatal) have we had? Many areas had reached a boiling point.

Still, I agree with WHO. With the much more transmissible variants spreading and inadequate vaccination levels, I still mask indoors and will for the indefinite future.