I don't think we should be looking at case counts at all at this point.

Some of the earliest states to impose mask mandates in schools and elsewhere to help stop the spread

are now one-by-one announcing dates when those mandates will come to an end.

These are all states led by Democrats and once hard-hit COVID zones,

and they seem to be decisions driven by science, not politics.

And so in this case, I'm not saying, I don't think anyone really is saying that no one should ever wear masks.

Rather, it should shift to an individual responsibility by the family.

So when are we going to hear from the CDC about updating the guidance from masks?

I'd have to ask the CDC. I'm going to ask death panel.

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about 60,000 people died from COVID in the United States just in the month of January alone.

And over 17,000 people have died from COVID so far in February, and we are only about a week in.

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