California, New Jersey, Connecticut and even New York: This week, several Democratic states eased their hygiene measures, ending the obligation to wear anti-Covid-19 masks indoors.
As the Covid-19 outbreak begins to subside in the country, Democratic-led U.S. states this week announced the removal of mandatory indoor masks — a measure that Republican states have never implemented.
Wearing a mask is a very strong political marker in the United States, where most of the right-wing and Republican Party see the obligation to cover the face as a violation of individual liberties.
So for nearly two years of a pandemic — which has killed more than 900,000 people across the country — Republican-run states like Florida and Texas have been refusing to meet their mask obligations, and it’s easy It is imposed on businesses, schools, administrations, transportation, and sometimes businesses in democracies.
But East and West Coast states, which traditionally voted Democrats and imposed strict health measures, have been working to ease since Monday.
New York’s vaccination passes are coming to an end
In New York state — and the metropolis of the 2020 pandemic — state Gov. Kathy Hochul must announce Wednesday to lift the mask-wearing obligation and show vaccination passes in enclosed public spaces, such as places to eat, the New York Times said Tuesday night. . Authorities intend to quell tensions and frequent clashes in shops and restaurants in the city and in upscale and conservative parts of the state, the newspaper reported.
It was New York’s neighbor New Jersey who paved the way. As of Monday, Phil Phil Kerr narrowly re-elected announcing that wearing masks would no longer be mandatory in all schools on March 7, “a huge step forward for our children to get back to normal.”
He was followed by his colleague, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, whose mask requirements for schools will be lifted on Feb. 28.
Another small state, Delaware — the home of President Joe Biden — also announced Monday night through the voice of its Governor John Carney that the obligation to wear masks in enclosed places will only be this Friday and March. 31 memories at school.
Cases drop
But Gov. Gavin Newsom, chief executive of the populous and populous state of California (40 million citizens), impressed Monday night: Beginning Feb. 15, all vaccinated residents will be indoors Masks are no longer mandatory. Mask-wearing, on the other hand, will continue to be effective in schools and among the unvaccinated, with the governor ordering them to “vaccinate” or receive a third dose.
Finally in Oregon, Gov. Kate Brown announced on Twitter that she “will be lifting the mask requirement no later than March 31.”
Daily pollution in the U.S. is in free fall, averaging less than 300,000 cases per day over a seven rolling day, according to health authorities. It’s far from the peak of 800,000 cases reached in mid-January. However, on February 4, the country crossed the threshold of 900,000 deaths from Covid-19 in nearly two years, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Deaths continue to rise in the country due to the lag between pollution and death, and despite easy access to vaccines, only 64% of the country’s population is fully vaccinated.
with AFP