Mon Feb 7, 2022, 10:51 AM

Should the White House start the process of walking the party back from masking/social distancing

Before the midterms.

Vaccines and boosters are a slam dunk and have the science to back them up.

Perhaps a strategy separating the push for vaccines from the other strategies would be beneficial social policy. We are seeing other states and countries making this transition. It might be prudent for the white house to get in the lead regarding the reduction of mask and social distancing mandates.

Eliminating the mask mandate on airlines before the summer travel season would be a good start.

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Should the White House start the process of walking the party back from masking/social distancing (Original post)	cinematicdiversions	Feb 2022	OP
Sure. A plague is no big deal. Let the people who do their own research call the shots.	Scrivener7	Feb 2022	#1
Has mutation rate dropped? Infections increase the rate of mutation.	FreepFryer	Feb 2022	#2
+1	Bluethroughu	Feb 2022	#5
No	Sherman A1	Feb 2022	#3
Why? Is the pandemic over? Did Covid and it variations suddenly stop being contagious?	Autumn	Feb 2022	#4
Because I would like to have a democratic congress next year.	cinematicdiversions	Feb 2022	#7
People should die so we can have a democratic congress? It might be better if	Autumn	Feb 2022	#13
We are going to cancel mask mandates at some point in the near future.	cinematicdiversions	Feb 2022	#17
Jesus. SMDH.	Scrivener7	Feb 2022	#15
This is also an issue that Democratic Governors and Mayors have moved on from.	brooklynite	Feb 2022	#21
You're right...most have moved on.	VarryOn	Feb 2022	#24
Depends only on the science-- what happens in the next months with covid.	HUAJIAO	Feb 2022	#6
When the science tells us it's alright. Not for political reasons.	spanone	Feb 2022	#8
Politics over science	happy feet	Feb 2022	#9
Exactly!	Rebl2	Feb 2022	#26
I guess we want to win over the asshole anti-science vote?	lagomorph777	Feb 2022	#10
We are obviously going to do this at some point why not before the election	cinematicdiversions	Feb 2022	#14
Can't read your post - did you type in your sleep?	lagomorph777	Feb 2022	#18
Are the mask mandates really saving lives at this point or is it just vaccinations?	cinematicdiversions	Feb 2022	#22
My medical community upped the mask wearing to N95s so they must consider they	LizBeth	Feb 2022	#30
That's the point. Vaccines work. The rest of the stuff in real	Tomconroy	Feb 2022	#31
You know	Rebl2	Feb 2022	#34
Hospitals filled up everywhere in January, mandate or not.	Tomconroy	Feb 2022	#35
Oh brother!	NurseJackie	Feb 2022	#11
No	cate94	Feb 2022	#12
I think the process is already beginning	Abnredleg	Feb 2022	#16
It is already beginning	Dorian Gray	Feb 2022	#68
Yeah, my behavior is still very reserved on this, but the even blue states are pivoting.	themaguffin	Feb 2022	#89
No, we should not promote death	iemanja	Feb 2022	#19
Curious why the OP has not been alerted and removed.	lagomorph777	Feb 2022	#20
Not really	Abnredleg	Feb 2022	#25
More than just right wingers are asking these questions.	Tomconroy	Feb 2022	#32
As they should. I wish MORE democrats would start asking these questions.	beaglelover	Feb 2022	#67
We've done enough damage to children.	Tomconroy	Feb 2022	#81
Yes	Dorian Gray	Feb 2022	#73
Are prevented from doing so?	Stinky The Clown	Feb 2022	#37
I alerted.	ShazzieB	Feb 2022	#45
You are not the only one.	lagomorph777	Feb 2022	#46
Did the thread get closed?	Dorian Gray	Feb 2022	#74
I would like to challenge that	Dorian Gray	Feb 2022	#72
Here in L.A. they make school kids wear masks OUTSIDE during recess, etc.	beaglelover	Feb 2022	#77
The WH putting all their chips on the vaccine is what got us to almost a million deaths.	WhiskeyGrinder	Feb 2022	#23
No - not until the death rate and case rate are down to	dwayneb	Feb 2022	#27
Public health recommendations are not a "party" policy or political position /nt	Effete Snob	Feb 2022	#28
This message was self-deleted by its author	Chin music	Feb 2022	#29
I say yes	llashram	Feb 2022	#33
The current WH policy is to follow the CDC guidelines. I say continue with that...	Wounded Bear	Feb 2022	#36
Deaths are spiking around the world.	Swede	Feb 2022	#38
You think people associate masking with the Democrats?	leftstreet	Feb 2022	#39
masking and distancing aren't political acts	bigtree	Feb 2022	#40
Aw, Jeez.	PSPS	Feb 2022	#41
+1 n/t	area51	Feb 2022	#51
You're going to get blasted but this is a necessary conversation	Arazi	Feb 2022	#42
The pivot to this is starting to happen on the state level. I agree, an outline with caveats may be	themaguffin	Feb 2022	#88
By the midterms we should be out of the woods with Covid	peggysue2	Feb 2022	#43
Maybe, if keep our masks on.	lagomorph777	Feb 2022	#47
No doubt.	peggysue2	Feb 2022	#52
Mask compliance/non-compliance isn't what caused our waves.	Ace Rothstein	Feb 2022	#54
Saying that does not make it so.	lagomorph777	Feb 2022	#61
You could look at the state data and see the recent covid wave happened everywhere.	Ace Rothstein	Feb 2022	#62
This message was self-deleted by its author	Chin music	Feb 2022	#93
There are not enough people left	Zeitghost	Feb 2022	#92
We're still losing about 2500 daily	struggle4progress	Feb 2022	#50
And that is no small number	peggysue2	Feb 2022	#55
Yes we should move on. If people don't want to get a	doc03	Feb 2022	#44
I'd say, go visit a hospital with a Covid ward and talk to the staff	ChicagoRonin	Feb 2022	#48
900 000 gone	struggle4progress	Feb 2022	#49
Way before the midterms, unless a new and worse variant takes over or	Wingus Dingus	Feb 2022	#53
when was it ever 'Democratic' policy?	bigtree	Feb 2022	#56
That's why I don't think it should be connected to midterms, why	Wingus Dingus	Feb 2022	#57
They will, unless a new and deadly variant pops up. Watch Gov Lamont today and see which way the	dem4decades	Feb 2022	#58
If the Federal vaccine mandate were still in place maybe, but thanks to the supremes it is not	EleanorR	Feb 2022	#59
The New York Times reports almost 300,000 new cases and 2500+ deaths from yesterday	liberal_mama	Feb 2022	#60
Absolutely not.	AntivaxHunters	Feb 2022	#63
Based on the responses to this thread, absolutely.	Ace Rothstein	Feb 2022	#64
Yes. We have a shot that prevents you from dying of COVID.	beaglelover	Feb 2022	#65
The vaccine doesn't 100% prevent you from getting covid	Spider Jerusalem	Feb 2022	#71
I never said the vaccine prevents you from getting COVID.	beaglelover	Feb 2022	#76
The flu usually doesn't leave you with serious lifelong after-effects	Spider Jerusalem	Feb 2022	#79
Neither does COVID for the majority of people who get it.	beaglelover	Feb 2022	#83
20% have symptoms that last longer than 4 weeks	Spider Jerusalem	Feb 2022	#91
My vaccinated husband got infected with Covid a month ago. He's still suffering the after effects	liberal_mama	Feb 2022	#78
That just plays into the QAnon's baloney	hamsterjill	Feb 2022	#66
The virus hasn't gone away; masks are effective in preventing transmission.	Spider Jerusalem	Feb 2022	#69
Make the removal of masking and social distancing mandates	Mr.Bill	Feb 2022	#70
I agree with anyone who said this is a science-based decision.	Hortensis	Feb 2022	#75
Post removed	Post removed	Feb 2022	#80
They should follow the science and the numbers. We can all say "Okay, I'm done with Covid," but	Vinca	Feb 2022	#82
Yes	Deminpenn	Feb 2022	#84
Is it Party "policy" or the policy of the CDC and scientists?	kentuck	Feb 2022	#85
This message was self-deleted by its author	traitorsgalore	Feb 2022	#86
They should get vaccinated.	Ace Rothstein	Feb 2022	#87
Correct answer!	beaglelover	Feb 2022	#90

Response to cinematicdiversions (Original post)

Mon Feb 7, 2022, 10:53 AM

Scrivener7 (44,163 posts)

Should the White House start the process of walking the party back from masking/social distancing

1. Sure. A plague is no big deal. Let the people who do their own research call the shots.

2. Has mutation rate dropped? Infections increase the rate of mutation.

5. +1

3. No

4. Why? Is the pandemic over? Did Covid and it variations suddenly stop being contagious?

7. Because I would like to have a democratic congress next year.

13. People should die so we can have a democratic congress? It might be better if

17. We are going to cancel mask mandates at some point in the near future.

15. Jesus. SMDH.

21. This is also an issue that Democratic Governors and Mayors have moved on from.

24. You're right...most have moved on.

6. Depends only on the science-- what happens in the next months with covid.

8. When the science tells us it's alright. Not for political reasons.

9. Politics over science

26. Exactly!

10. I guess we want to win over the asshole anti-science vote?

14. We are obviously going to do this at some point why not before the election

18. Can't read your post - did you type in your sleep?

22. Are the mask mandates really saving lives at this point or is it just vaccinations?

30. My medical community upped the mask wearing to N95s so they must consider they

31. That's the point. Vaccines work. The rest of the stuff in real

34. You know

35. Hospitals filled up everywhere in January, mandate or not.

11. Oh brother!

12. No

16. I think the process is already beginning

68. It is already beginning

89. Yeah, my behavior is still very reserved on this, but the even blue states are pivoting.

19. No, we should not promote death

20. Curious why the OP has not been alerted and removed.

25. Not really

32. More than just right wingers are asking these questions.

67. As they should. I wish MORE democrats would start asking these questions.

81. We've done enough damage to children.

73. Yes

37. Are prevented from doing so?

45. I alerted.

46. You are not the only one.

74. Did the thread get closed?

72. I would like to challenge that

77. Here in L.A. they make school kids wear masks OUTSIDE during recess, etc.

23. The WH putting all their chips on the vaccine is what got us to almost a million deaths.

27. No - not until the death rate and case rate are down to

28. Public health recommendations are not a "party" policy or political position /nt

33. I say yes

36. The current WH policy is to follow the CDC guidelines. I say continue with that...

38. Deaths are spiking around the world.

39. You think people associate masking with the Democrats?

40. masking and distancing aren't political acts

41. Aw, Jeez.

51. +1 n/t

42. You're going to get blasted but this is a necessary conversation

88. The pivot to this is starting to happen on the state level. I agree, an outline with caveats may be

43. By the midterms we should be out of the woods with Covid

47. Maybe, if keep our masks on.

52. No doubt.

54. Mask compliance/non-compliance isn't what caused our waves.

61. Saying that does not make it so.

62. You could look at the state data and see the recent covid wave happened everywhere.

92. There are not enough people left

50. We're still losing about 2500 daily

55. And that is no small number

44. Yes we should move on. If people don't want to get a

48. I'd say, go visit a hospital with a Covid ward and talk to the staff

49. 900 000 gone

53. Way before the midterms, unless a new and worse variant takes over or

56. when was it ever 'Democratic' policy?

57. That's why I don't think it should be connected to midterms, why

58. They will, unless a new and deadly variant pops up. Watch Gov Lamont today and see which way the

59. If the Federal vaccine mandate were still in place maybe, but thanks to the supremes it is not

60. The New York Times reports almost 300,000 new cases and 2500+ deaths from yesterday

63. Absolutely not.

64. Based on the responses to this thread, absolutely.

65. Yes. We have a shot that prevents you from dying of COVID.

71. The vaccine doesn't 100% prevent you from getting covid

76. I never said the vaccine prevents you from getting COVID.

79. The flu usually doesn't leave you with serious lifelong after-effects

83. Neither does COVID for the majority of people who get it.

91. 20% have symptoms that last longer than 4 weeks