{"id":345069,"date":"2021-03-29T22:15:22","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T02:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=345069"},"modified":"2021-03-29T22:15:29","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T02:15:29","slug":"biden-states-should-pause-reopening-efforts-state-and-local-leaders-should-reimpose-mask-mandates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-states-should-pause-reopening-efforts-state-and-local-leaders-should-reimpose-mask-mandates\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden: States Should Pause Reopening Efforts, State And Local Leaders Should Reimpose Mask Mandates"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fbiden-states-should-pause-reopening-efforts-state-and-local-leaders-should-reimpose-mask-mandates%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=345069&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\/03\/fb_image-4427.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden said on Monday that states should pause their efforts to reopen and return to normal and that state and local leaders should reimpose mask mandates in the areas that they are responsible for governing.<\/p>\n<p>Biden made the remarks at a press conference about his administration\u2019s efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic where he highlighted the progress that is being made in getting America vaccinated, a process that began under former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s remarks came after CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2021\/03\/29\/press-briefing-by-white-house-covid-19-response-team-and-public-health-officials-21\/\">said<\/a> earlier in the day that she has a \u201crecurring feeling\u201d of \u201cimpending doom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have so much to look forward to, so much promise and potential of where we are, and so much reason for hope, but right now I\u2019m scared,\u201d she said. \u201cSo I\u2019m speaking today not necessarily as your CDC director \u2014 not only as your CDC director but as a wife, as a mother, as a daughter to ask you to just please hold on a little while longer.&nbsp; I so badly want to be done.&nbsp; I know you all so badly want to be done.&nbsp; We are just almost there but not quite yet.&nbsp; And so I\u2019m asking you to just hold on a little longer, to get vaccinated when you can so that all of those people that we all love will still be here when this pandemic ends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden referenced the remarks that Walensky made, saying that America\u2019s work was \u201cfar from over\u201d and that the \u201cwar against COVID-19 is far from won\u201d and that it was \u201cdeadly serious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe could still see a setback in the vaccination program,\u201d Biden said. \u201cAnd most importantly, if we let our guard down now, we could see a virus getting worse, not better. You know, as many people as we have vaccinated, we still have more Americans left to go. You know, we will administer more shots in March than any country on Earth. But even so, we have to give more shots in April than we did in March.&nbsp; Because we\u2019re in the life and death race for the virus that is spreading quickly with cases rising again.&nbsp; New variants are spreading. And sadly, some of the reckless behavior we\u2019ve seen on television over the past few weeks means that more new cases are to come in the weeks ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden warned that people were \u201cletting up\u201d in the fight against COVID-19, later adding, \u201cI\u2019m reiterating my call for every governor, mayor, and local leader to maintain and reinstate the mask mandate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease, this is not politics,\u201d Biden claimed. \u201cReinstate the mandate if you let it down. And business should require masks as well. The failure to take this virus seriously \u2014 precisely what got us in this mess in the first place \u2014 risks more cases and more dests [sic] \u2014 deaths. Look, as I do my part to accelerate the vaccine distribution and vaccinations, I need the American people to do their part as well. Mask up. Mask up. It\u2019s a patriotic duty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked by a reporter if he thinks that \u201csome states should pause their reopening efforts,\u201d Biden responded, \u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"President Biden Delivers Remarks on the COVID-19 Response and the State of Vaccinations\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MMEBQaahTrk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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