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Jason's avatar

Massachusetts (my hometown blue state, with an R gov) is probably not far behind the others re: letting these mandates lapse. Baker has been really solid on the pandemic since the start, and it's a shame he's not seeking a third term.

I'm pretty annoyed though that we're still talking about masking, fighting the last war instead of the next one. Closing schools was a disaster, everyone agrees with that, so how about these governors get ahead of the next outbreak of respiratory illness by putting in place plans and money for ventilation and filtration?

I mean, we killed flu season in 2020-21, and it looks like we'll do it again for 2021-22. I haven't had a bad cold in forever. It's great! Would be nice if we could keep at least some portion of that going forward, right?

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I'd need to think about it, but I might be modestly receptive to the idea that governors are better equipped to make the local case according to their understanding of their electorates (not sure how the rrr grr personal responsibility Colorado message would fly in other regions).

Biden might just step in it to try to weigh in now, and not because of some sui generis Biden gaffe talking point. It might just be fundamentally more effective at a local level.

(If I dare to dream, it might be nice for the CDC to say "we looked at the data from states that are fully open and the ones that are not, and NPIs look fairly useless post-omicron once vaccination rates are high", which I suspect is mostly the case)

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