Help me to understand? wrote:
agip wrote:
I don't have an opinion worth much on this.
Just stopping the culture war on masks probably saved thousands of lives, so that's a major point in Biden's favor.
Best in the world vaccine rollout is pretty good (among big nations and except the UK)
And the results are stellar - plunging cases and deaths are always good.
But like I said, I don't have an opinion worth much on concrete admin actions, esp on schools. Which are generally a state/local thing anyway.
I have seen way less mask wearing since the first of the year in my area, even in Walmart I'm shocked by how many aren't wearing them and I was the only one wearing a mask this weekend at an auto parts store - even the three store workers weren't wearing masks!?!
Unfortunately, I have seen less mask wearing as well (although I don't frequent Wal-Mart). I doubt Biden's pro-mask stance has changed mask wearing behavior. Was it a good position to take? Yes. But masks had been politicized under the previous administration. Not much Biden could change by just saying people should mask up. And every federal, state, and local government office I have been to has had 100% mask adherence. I doubt his federal property mask mandate has led to a significant change.