{"id":1118567,"date":"2021-12-14T15:43:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T20:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1118567"},"modified":"2021-12-14T15:43:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T20:43:42","slug":"no-end-in-sight-blue-states-usher-in-mask-mandates-nearly-2-years-after-pandemics-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-end-in-sight-blue-states-usher-in-mask-mandates-nearly-2-years-after-pandemics-start\/","title":{"rendered":"No End in Sight: Blue States Usher in Mask Mandates Nearly 2 Years After Pandemic&#039;s Start"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fno-end-in-sight-blue-states-usher-in-mask-mandates-nearly-2-years-after-pandemics-start%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1118567&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1219201731-e1639506178305-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Blue states, such as New York and California, are ushering mask mandates back in as the United States approaches the two-year mark of the start of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, New York <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/11\/new-york-issues-ultimatum-businesses-check-patrons-vaccination-status-require-masks\/\">began<\/a> its latest mask requirement, which Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) announced on Friday, forcing businesses to choose between checking the vaccination status of customers or mandating masks for all. The requirement is not slated to end until January 15, 2022, but the state will still \u201cre-evaluate based on current conditions,\u201d meaning the rule could extend even further.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI want to thank the more than 80 percent of New Yorkers who have done the right thing to get fully vaccinated,\u201d the governor said in a statement, mildly scolding unvaccinated Americans and essentially blaming them for the additional mitigation measures \u2014 much like President Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/09\/09\/joe-biden-breaks-unity-pledge-in-angry-attack-on-unvaccinated-americans\/\">did<\/a> mere months ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf others will follow suit, these measures will no longer be necessary,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, the Golden State is ushering back in mask requirements, which go into effect December 15 and end on the same day as New York\u2019s rule \u2014 January 15, 2022.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>California\u2019s rule <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdph.ca.gov\/Programs\/CID\/DCDC\/Pages\/COVID-19\/guidance-for-face-coverings.aspx\">requires<\/a> masks to be worn \u201cin all indoor public settings, irrespective of vaccine status, for the next four weeks.\u201d The requirement applies to virtually everyone \u2014 even toddlers \u2014 with few exemptions, applying to babies and those with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Like New York, California also pitched the requirement as an \u201cadded layer of mitigation\u201d in the wake of the Omicron variant, which appears to be a mild variant, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2021\/12\/07\/covid-omicron-variant-live-updates\/\">observed<\/a> by public health officials.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is some suggestion that it [Omicron] might even be less severe, because when you look at some of the cohorts that are being followed in South Africa, the ratio between the number of infections and the number of hospitalizations seems to be less than with Delta,\u201d Fauci <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/07\/anthony-fauci-omicron-variant-might-even-be-less-severe-than-delta\/\">said<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n<p>The renewed mask mandates come as the U.S. approaches the two-year mark of the pandemic. Notably, one year ago, Fauci <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/12\/11\/anthony-fauci-one-year-ago-pandemic-wont-last-a-lot-longer-due-to-vaccines\/\">said<\/a> the pandemic would not last \u201ca lot longer\u201d due to the emergence of vaccines, which public health officials presented as the key to return to a state of pre-pandemic normalcy. That, however, has not been the case in terms of the erasure of mask mandates and other mitigation measures.<\/p>\n<p>Florida, which has never once had a statewide mask mandate in place, is currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2021\/us\/covid-cases.html\">tied<\/a> with Hawaii for having the lowest daily coronavirus cases per capita in the nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue states, such as New York and California, are ushering mask mandates back in as the United States approaches the two-year mark of the start of the Chinese coronavirus pandemic. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1118567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1118567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1118567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1118567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1118567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1118567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1118567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}