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WASHINGTON — Several Democratic governors are moving to ease some indoor mask mandates, skipping ahead of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Biden administration, which continue to urge Americans to wear masks indoors regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status.

Rochelle Walensky says "now is not the moment" to stop forcing masks on children. Democratic politicians increasingly disagree.

On Feb. 7, two governors—Delaware’s John Carney (D) and New Jersey’s Phil Murphy (D)—issued separate announcements lifting their states’ school mask requirements for the remainder of the 2021-2022 school year. Local authorities will now have the power to issue school mask requirements in both states.

"We are not going to manage COVID to zero," New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy will end a statewide mask mandate that was instituted to protect against COVID-19 in schools and child care centers

NEW YORK — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy will lift the state mask mandate for schools on March 7, but local districts will still have the authority to keep their own in place.

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