CDC asks Justice Department to appeal judge's ruling that struck down mask mandate

[FBaggins]

35. No they aren't

The CDC has no power to create (let alone lift) mask mandates in the states/counties/cities. Local legislatures (or in many cases state constitutions) rest that power in their local executives.

The CDC just makes recommendations… and their current recommendation is that masks be worn indoors in areas where infection rates are high. It’s up to the local executives to decide whether/how to implement that advice and whether infection rates in their area warrant it.

You made a statement in #27 that the mandate needs to be extended for several months. If you’re deferring to the CDC you must be saying that you think infection rates in general are still high enough to warrant such a policy. I’m just asking you to apply that belief to recent policy moves (almost exclusively made by democratic executives).

As an example… Philadelphia ended their local mask mandate a bit over a month ago… only to put it back in place a few days ago. Yet last night announced that the mandate ends today. The CDC certainly didn’t change course twice since Monday.

So I’ll ask again a different way - why do you think Democratic politicians are removing mask mandates that you think are still necessary if it isn’t that they perceive the public to desire that change?

I only see two possibilities: either you’re incorrect on the remaining health risk or these politicians are making bad policy decisions because they believe the public wants them to. Is there a third possibility?