The "mask" has been a very divisive issue.

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24. IMO, we need policy that tracks the reality of the pandemic.

Masks mandates should probably come and go, and come and go, and come and go, as the level of community transmission rises and falls with the rising and falling 'waves' of disease incidence and the pathogenic character of those waves.

Looking at two years of data it's clear that the wavelength between the peaks of occurrence is something roughly around 4 months.
Some media desire to tells us there is a failure in public health policy when policies are repeatedly reversed, but it's really a matter following changing incidence.

Unfortunately, parents with children need jobs, business needs customers, and so parents would like a permanent policy that gives them a place to put their kids in the day, and businesses need a permanent policy that facilitates business planning and operations.