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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/09/health/mask-rules-cdc.htmlBut the slow deliberations, within both the C.D.C. and Mr. Zients team, are putting the White House in a tough spot. As officials examine the science and chart a careful course, they run the risk of making the Biden administration look irrelevant as governors forge ahead on their own.
The administration needs to read the room and see that nearly all elected leaders are moving on without them, said Dr. Leana Wen, a former Baltimore health commissioner who has often been critical of the administration, adding, No one is expecting the C.D.C. to say that everyone should go maskless right now. What they are looking for are clear metrics on when restrictions can be lifted and when they may need to return.
Governors have said so themselves. Last week, after a bipartisan group of governors met with Mr. Biden, Gov. Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas, a Republican, told reporters he had emphasized to the president that the nation needs to move away from the pandemic and asked him for clear guidelines on how we can return to a greater state of normality.
It is now clear the states have decided not to wait. On Wednesday, the governors of New York, Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Illinois joined a growing list of Democrats who have dropped either a general statewide mask mandate or one that applies to schools.
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I posted about this earlier in the week (https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216327912) . The White House is trailing both the states and the public on this issue. It seems to be an unnecessary own goal.
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'We Are Not There Yet': As States Drop Mask Rules, the C.D.C. Stands Firm (Original Post)
cinematicdiversions
Feb 2022
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Deuxcents
(16,154 posts)1. Welp.. no one needs to tell me that it's not over yet..
Ill keep my masks, thank you. I agree..we are not there yet.
Mad_Machine76
(24,399 posts)2. Why is this all being laid at Biden's feet?!
Hes tried to do stuff that states like Arkansas, Texas, Florida and others keep undermining and yet theyre yelling at HIM to do .something, something?!
brer cat
(24,544 posts)3. Biden is going to be blamed no matter what.
I know it's not over and will continue masking and staying home as much as possible.
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)5. Cuz he's prez???
niyad
(113,207 posts)4. Hey, asa, the pandemic has not yet "moved away from" US.