Governor Kathy Hokul withdrew New York’s strict indoor mask obligations on Wednesday, ending the requirement for businesses to require customers to certify full vaccination or to wear masks at all times, and state Corona. He explained her decision, which the three said, marking a turning point in the viral response.
This decision eliminates the rules that caused legal and interpersonal conflicts over wearing masks, especially in the conservative areas of New York. It was set to expire on Thursday and needed to be updated.
Hochul’s decision will revoke Mask’s mission, just as the winter surge in coronavirus cases has finally receded. However, it was not yet clear whether the governor would renew or remove another Maskman date at a school in New York that would expire in two weeks.
The relaxation of pandemic restrictions on New York’s business is similar as a result of loosely coordinated efforts by Democrat-led states from New York to California this week as a result of months of public health plans, backchannel discussions, and politics. The focus group that began in the weeks following the November elections is brought about by announcing the move.
Governor Philip D. Murphy of New Jersey began his efforts last fall, a few weeks after being surprised by the energy of right-wing voters in the Blue States. A simple reelection campaign. After setting up a series of focus groups across the state to see what they missed, Murphy’s adviser was impressed with the following findings: It will return to normal sensation.
After that, Omicron was a hit and the relaxation of the restrictions was delayed.
But slowly, as the case rate began to decline again in January, conversations between Mr Murphy’s aides and senior officials in other states began to recover. They agreed that even democratic voters were fed up with the strictest restrictions, were increasingly impatient with their missions, and felt ready to live with the remaining risks. As the incident plummeted, so did the dynamics of public health, and authorities worked on ways to reach a new sense of normality.
Last week they brought concerns to the White House. When members of the National Governors Association meet at a meeting in the East Room, some will provide President Biden with clear guidelines for moving from a pandemic crisis to the perception that the virus remains here. I asked for it. You can manage your daily life without completely compromising it.
“What does the road from a pandemic to endemic look like, and how do you maintain your score?” Murphy, vice president of the association, later explained the discussion to reporters. “There was a broad agreement that it was our previous job.”
So the dam broke. Within hours, Democratic governors of California, Connecticut, Delaware, and Oregon have moved to lift some mask missions, while other states and cities have shown that missions may soon be completed. I did. In Boston, Mayor Michelle Wu provided a benchmark on Tuesday about when the city would lift its vaccine certification requirements if hospitalizations and cases continued to decline.
Even in Virginia, where Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin’s presidential order to make masks an option at school is bound by legal objections from liberal school districts, 10 out of 21 Democratic senators will be on Tuesday. Will join the Republican Party and do just that.
The specific steps vary from state to state, but the message was the same. It’s time to move on.
In New York, lifting delegations to businesses has widespread impact on many public places such as retail stores, restaurants, malls, and workplaces. This is a boon for companies struggling to bring workers back to the office.
Hochul’s move expires on February 21 and is on a maskman date at a New York school that is causing more and more controversy and a fierce battle between parents, teachers and students over public health and personal freedom. Does not affect.
Hochul hopes to eventually relax school mask rules this week, but said the state needs to scrutinize public health indicators first. “We’re optimistic that we’re heading in that direction, but we still need time,” she said on Monday.
Her decision does not seem to affect certain local, federal, and other requirements for masking in certain settings. This means that masks will continue to be needed in trains, planes, buses, and medical facilities such as hospitals and nursing homes.
It is unclear whether some areas with their own strict masks and vaccination rules could lift the restrictions, following Mr. Hokur’s guidance.
In New York City, for example, vaccination proof is required to eat indoors, attend an arena event, exercise in the gym, or watch a movie. This requirement is enforced through a program called “Key to NYC” implemented by a presidential order from the mayor and needs to be renewed every 5 days. City officials said Tuesday that the order had been updated.
The move to ease pandemic restrictions began in swing states such as Colorado, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, but its spread to some of the bluest states was that the country entered a new political phase in a pandemic of almost two years. Reflects. After years of urging voters to follow science, state Democrats are trying to lift restrictions faster than the Biden administration.
These decisions are driven by the growing number of voters who are now ready to live with the virus and the political political upcoming midterm elections that the Democrats are already on the defensive. It’s a calculation.
The Democrats used the “trust in science” mantra early in the pandemic to project the ability to ignore public health guidance and distorted Republicans, but even the White House public opinion and the public of the president. We acknowledge the widening gap between hygiene advisors’ advice.
In addition, some health experts have warned that sunlight on Covid restrictions between the Democratic administration and the Governor could undermine the already weakened federal public health authorities.
Dr. Linawen, a professor of public health at George Washington University, said: “Governor and local civil servants see the emotions of the people they serve, and public health must meet people where they are.”
In a new wave of national polls, more and more Americans have expressed their willingness to move from their strictest obligations. Seven out of ten respondents to a recent poll by Monmouth University agreed that “it’s time to accept that Covid needs to stay here and continue our lives.”
According to the party’s strategist, there is also the risk of rushing to turn pages and missing out on the opportunity to claim credibility for the Democratic Party’s successful management of the pandemic.
Brian Stryker, a partner at polling firm ALG Research, points out the fact that “these successes are due to what we have done” regarding vaccination rates and the expected release of vaccines for infants over the next few years. I need to. ” several weeks. “The Democratic Party needs to win about how far we have come.”
A study of last year’s Virginia elections showed that school closures hurt Democrats, helping Democrats focus more on their economy and personal finances by overcoming a pandemic crisis. Said that it would be. About the pandemic.
“This is the moment when this stage of the pandemic, which always needs to be scared as a vaccinated person, is over and it’s time to live again,” he said. “It’s popular with voters and gives them space to talk about other things they really care about.”
At the same time, state and local Democrats face more pressing political challenges than the White House. In mid-term races, Republicans are keen to name liberal enemies ashamed of the strict restrictions they impose, and when they appear to be ignoring them personally.
Republicans accused California Governor Gavin Newsom after he and Magic Johnson were filmed without a mask in the January 30th NFL playoff game. ).
On Monday, Republican National Committee chairman Ronna McDaniel said she was “another Democratic fake” after Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin posted a photo of her unmasked at an indoor campaign event. called.
And over the weekend, Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams, who is running for governor, smiles and wears a mask in front of a classroom full of children wearing masks at a school in Georgia. I deleted the tweeted photo that shows that I didn’t.
“This is what Stacey Abrams of Georgia wants.” Warning to digital ads The campaign for former Republican Senator David Perdue, who is running for governor, tried to take advantage of that failure. “Remove the masks of our children.”
On Tuesday night, Abrams said he took a picture and made a mistake. “Protocol is important,” she said on CNN. “And protecting our children is of utmost importance, and anything that could be considered detrimental to it is wrong. We apologize.”
