{"id":1484061,"date":"2022-05-19T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T13:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1484061"},"modified":"2022-05-19T09:00:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T13:00:22","slug":"pro-maskers-appear-to-be-laying-the-groundwork-to-bring-back-covid-restrictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-maskers-appear-to-be-laying-the-groundwork-to-bring-back-covid-restrictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Maskers Appear to Be Laying The Groundwork To Bring Back COVID Restrictions"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fpro-maskers-appear-to-be-laying-the-groundwork-to-bring-back-covid-restrictions%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=1484061&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><\/div>\n<p>Supporters of mask mandates may have a new opportunity to once again try bringing back COVID-19 restrictions in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>COVID-19 cases are once again on the rise in the United States, prompting some government officials to begin sounding the alarm that masks may need to make a comeback. The White House held its first COVID-19 response briefing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2022\/may\/18\/covid-briefings-biden-white-house-us-cases-rising\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in nearly two months<\/a> Wednesday, the first for new response coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha, a longtime proponent of restrictions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Daily hospital admission levels and new COVID-19 related deaths in the U.S. are projected to continue increasing over the next four weeks, according to newly updated forecast models used by the CDC. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Kz3YQEoBKb\">https:\/\/t.co\/Kz3YQEoBKb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ABC News (@ABC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/1527044095214080000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jha, along with other top public health officials, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/05\/18\/us\/politics\/white-house-covid-briefing.html?campaign_id=60&#038;emc=edit_na_20220518&#038;instance_id=0&#038;nl=breaking-news&#038;ref=cta&#038;regi_id=186798326&#038;segment_id=92665&#038;user_id=56b2922aa75db42e69d122704a1046cb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">noted that one-third<\/a> of Americans now live in areas deemed \u201chigh-risk,\u201d meaning they should now wear masks in indoor settings, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). That\u2019s a substantial increase from when the CDC initially revised its risk assessment system, when just five percent of Americans lived in so-called high-risk areas.<\/p>\n<p>CDC director Rochelle Walensky said at the briefing that the agency encouraged local leaders in high-risk areas, largely concentrated in the northeast, to \u201cencourage the use of prevention strategies like masking in public indoor settings.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/04\/cdc-phone-data-tracking-location-covid-coronavirus-lockdown-quarantine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: REPORT: CDC Tracked Phone Data To Determine If Americans Followed Lockdown Guidance)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jha said if the Biden administration does not get its requested $22 billion in new <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/03\/fda-covid-19-coronavirus-influenza-flu-vaccine-annual\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID-19<\/a> funding from Congress, there won\u2019t be enough <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/17\/fda-cdc-kids-vaccine-booster-covid-coronavirus-pfizer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vaccines<\/a> and treatments to go around this fall. Monday, the Biden administration opted not to end the ongoing public health emergency in place for the pandemic, which had been set to expire July 15.<\/p>\n<p>The pressure is already coming down to return to a world of mask mandates. Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/C_Sommerfeldt\/status\/1527040320424361984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has called on<\/a> New York City Mayor Eric Adams to reinstate an indoors mask mandate, but Adams has so far refused to do so. Still, the city requires toddlers to be masked at school. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/technology\/apple-reinstates-mask-mandate-employees-100-stores?intcmp=tw_fbn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple has reinstated<\/a> mask mandates at 100 of its stores, and Trump-era Surgeon General Jerome Adams <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeromeAdamsMD\/status\/1526891662269718531\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">is encouraging Americans<\/a> to prep for an oncoming surge by getting high-quality masks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Manhattan Borough President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkLevineNYC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MarkLevineNYC<\/a> urged Adams to reconsider his reluctance on reinstating an indoor mask mandate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to slow this current wave and the easiest way to do that without disrupting lives is masking,\u201d he said. w\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelgartland?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@michaelgartland<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s99QOcJSvk\">https:\/\/t.co\/s99QOcJSvk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Sommerfeldt (@C_Sommerfeldt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/C_Sommerfeldt\/status\/1527040320424361984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Just a few months ago, all 50 states and nearly every locality in the United States dropped their indoor mask mandate. The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/12\/white-house-covid-coronavirus-vaccine-misinformation-joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biden administration<\/a> sought to keep a mask mandate in place for public transportation and flights, but a federal judge <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/21\/anthony-fauci-mask-mandate-travel-planes-transportation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">struck down<\/a> the mandate, which is now continuing to be contested in court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supporters of mask mandates may have a new opportunity to once again try bringing back COVID-19 restrictions in the coming weeks.COVID-19 cases are once again on the rise in the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":489,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1484061","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\/1484061","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\/489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1484061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1484061\/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=1484061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1484061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1484061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}