Mayors in New York City and Boston are the latest officials to resist requiring masks, even as they recommend people wear them.
encouraging people to voluntarily wear masks in indoor settings.Monday the city so far wouldn’t change its protocols to require masks, but still recommends people wear them.on Friday, but that also only encourages people to wear masks and doesn’t require them.on Friday with their “continued, strong support for people to mask up indoors” and follow other mitigation measures like testing and getting vaccinated, but did not impose any new mandates.
For those who haven’t been wearing masks recently, “now is a good time to start again,” Dr. George Han, Deputy Health Officer for the County of Santa Clara Public Health Department, said in a statement.“I think we’re recognizing that there’s something in between a mandate and a world where nobody is covering their faces,” Marin County, California, Health Officer Dr. Matt Willis told
about Bay Area officials’ decision not to mandate masks. “Our hope is we can achieve a middle ground where people can recognize the value of face coverings.”None of the officials have ruled out the possibility they could mandate masks in the future, particularly if hospitalizations and deaths rise.
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