States are using their own assessments of Covid-19 trends, rather than sticking to CDC guidance, to determine when to drop mask mandates
are relying on their own assessment of the pandemic’s trajectory, not just federal government scientists, as they rethink Covid-19 guidelines with the Omicron wave in retreat.
“I feel that now is the appropriate time to move forward,” Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak, a Democrat, said Thursday while announcing the end of the state’s mask mandate for indoor public spaces. Businesses, organizations and school districts can enact their own policies, he said.
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