Going are ther mask mandates by Governors….
Newpapers report case numbers, deaths and hospital stays dropping by double digits….
Polls show people are tired of the pandemic limitations….
And the politics of the virus has turned to ‘living too live what’s left of it’……
Democrats move to join Republicans in the politics of Covid….
The message is backed by advice from Biden’s polling firm, Impact Research, which studied voter attitudes to Covid and found that most Americans are “worn out” by the restrictions and “have personally moved out of crisis mode.”
In a Feb. 16 memo, the firm told Democrats to take “the win” on Covid, warning that by 49 percent to 24 percent, Americans are more concerned about it causing economic harm than infecting them or a family member, and that far more parents and teachers worry about learning loss than illness for their kids.
“The more we talk about the threat of COVID and onerously restrict people’s lives because of it, the more we turn them against us and show them we’re out of touch with their daily realities,” Impact Research’s Molly Murphy and Brian Stryker wrote in the memo, which was viewed by NBC News. They warned that if Democrats continue to emphasize Covid precautions over learning to live in a world with the virus, “they risk paying dearly for it in November.”
Republicans, who have long rebelled against government mask mandates, say Democrats are flip-flopping for political reasons….
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Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D-N.Y., the chair of the House Democratic campaign arm, said that Republicans were wrong to oppose masks early on, and that if the politics have changed it’s only because “conditions are different.”
“If you and I were driving late at night and you said turn your headlights off, I would say that’s a bad and dangerous idea. If at 9 o’clock the next morning, you said turn the headlights off, I’d agree with you. Doesn’t mean you were right the first time,” Maloney said….
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Around my way?
It’s ‘not so fast’ as I see mask ussage IS still high…..