{"id":167914,"date":"2021-02-24T11:00:55","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T16:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=167914"},"modified":"2021-02-24T11:14:04","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T16:14:04","slug":"wear-two-masks-until-june-de-blasio-tells-new-yorkers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wear-two-masks-until-june-de-blasio-tells-new-yorkers\/","title":{"rendered":"Wear Two Masks Until June, De Blasio Tells New Yorkers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fwear-two-masks-until-june-de-blasio-tells-new-yorkers%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=167914&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\/02\/Bill-de-Blasio-5-e1601565374645.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.nyc.gov\/office-of-the-mayor\/news\/126-21\/transcript-mayor-de-blasio-holds-media-availability\">speaking at a press briefin<\/a>g, New York mayor Bill de Blasio stated that citizens should \u201cnot just wear a mask, wear two\u201d until June.<\/p>\n<p>De Blasio was asked by Amanda Eisenberg from Politico, \u201cI want to know what the city strategy is for implementing these public health measures as more people get vaccinated. Are there specific things that you\u2019re looking to do to, you know, educate people around their risk of transmission as we vaccinate more people?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been projecting this one for weeks and weeks too,\u201d De Blasio answered. \u201cWe want everyone to stay \u2013 first of all, June\u2019s when we want to hit five million New Yorkers fully vaccinated, and June is the earliest we would even consider changing guidance around masks. It may be that we continue that guidance for quite a while, depending on what\u2019s going on. We\u2019re very concerned about the variants, for example, that\u2019s a big x-factor. But I think a good way for New Yorkers to think about now is for the first half of this year, from now through June, keep doing exactly what you\u2019re doing, not just wear a mask, wear two, social distancing, you know, all the precautions \u2013 get tested monthly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you do have a case in your home, have the person safely separate,\u201d he continued. \u201cWe want to keep all those precautions in place to guard against the variants, to help us consolidate our progress, to give time for this vaccination effort to catch up with the larger reality and really create a new dynamic of the city.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we get closer to June, we\u2019ll update the guidance depending on what we\u2019re seeing, but I think it\u2019s really important for people not to let their guard down, and Dr. Chokshi (Commissioner Dave Chokshi, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene)\u00a0will tell you that even when you\u2019re vaccinated, you know, you have to have concern for everyone around you,\u201d de Blasio warned. \u201cSo, I would say anyone vaccinated, keep wearing that mask as part \u2013 and it\u2019s also just the culture. We want everyone to remember that the mask wearing culture has been part of what turned the corner for us, and we got to keep it that way until this is finally defeated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chokshi added that wearing two masks should \u201cbecome more common among New Yorkers,\u201d asserting:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Yes, we cannot take our foot off of the gas, right now. We remain in a position where we\u2019re concerned about the number of cases that we\u2019re seeing each day. We are concerned about the new variants as well, and we now have this valuable new weapon in our arsenal, the vaccine, but we have to think about it as something that is an additional layer of protection to all of the things that we know have already worked, and that includes mask wearing. That\u2019s why you heard in our guidance last week that we are actually doubling down on ensuring that New Yorkers are wearing masks.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The most important thing remains that people wear them consistently and properly covering their nose and mouth, both indoors and outdoors. But we also suggested that two masks and higher-grade masks should become more common among New Yorkers as well, and specifically with respect to wearing your mask after you\u2019ve been vaccinated, remember it takes time for immunity to build up that\u2019s one important reason, but then even after you\u2019ve been fully vaccinated and have full immunity we don\u2019t know enough about the spread of the virus. Even when someone doesn\u2019t experience symptoms after they\u2019ve been vaccinated and for all these reasons, it will remain important for us to keep wearing masks in the coming weeks and likely in the coming months as well.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, speaking at a press briefing, New York mayor Bill de Blasio stated that citizens should \u201cnot just wear a mask, wear two\u201d until June. 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