Anonymous wrote:Her mask order was/is the right policy.
1) Cases rising.
2) Unclear to what extent vaccine protects against serious illness with delta variant.
3) If vaccines no longer effective, masking is all we have got. (No one wants to return to lockdowns.)
Who said vaccines are no longer effective?
Talk about mixed messages? On one hand, we have the WH begging people to get vaccinated, and on the other hand saying (or intimating via new mask rules) that it isn't effective and/or you're going to have to mask up regardless.
As far as cases, "rising" means nothing. What we need to focus on is hospitalizations and, god forbid, deaths. Hospitals are reporting that 97% - 98% of the patients are unvaccinated.