I think that’s still too charitable of an interpretation. The CDC under Biden has been a disaster. They completely dropped any recommendations for masking, requirements for masking in high-risk environments (such as healthcare facilities), or even trying to model good behavior. The CDC director doesn’t even wear a mask in crowded environments or photos, and dismisses criticism for this, for crying out loud.
At some point COVID was going endemic. That point was pretty early on in Biden’s administration.
Once all of the variants started to emerge, it was going endemic. Once it’s endemic it’s either mask forever or don’t. The mask mandates were never going to last forever, and I think it was reasonable to keep them until the vaccine was distributed to everyone interested in getting it.
I say all of this as someone who masks routinely indoors to this day. Sure, Biden could’ve continued what became very unpopular COVID controls, or given up on it just like every other country in the world. Even China gave up on “zero COVID” and New Zealanders gave up on it as well.
I think that’s still too charitable of an interpretation. The CDC under Biden has been a disaster. They completely dropped any recommendations for masking, requirements for masking in high-risk environments (such as healthcare facilities), or even trying to model good behavior. The CDC director doesn’t even wear a mask in crowded environments or photos, and dismisses criticism for this, for crying out loud.
At some point COVID was going endemic. That point was pretty early on in Biden’s administration.
Once all of the variants started to emerge, it was going endemic. Once it’s endemic it’s either mask forever or don’t. The mask mandates were never going to last forever, and I think it was reasonable to keep them until the vaccine was distributed to everyone interested in getting it.
I say all of this as someone who masks routinely indoors to this day. Sure, Biden could’ve continued what became very unpopular COVID controls, or given up on it just like every other country in the world. Even China gave up on “zero COVID” and New Zealanders gave up on it as well.