Sat Apr 23, 2022 – 12:34 pm EDT
PHILADELPHIA (LifeSiteNews) – The Philadelphia Board of Health voted to rescind its indoor mask mandate Thursday, just days after reinstating it.
On April 11, Philadelphia Public Health announced that, effective April 18, it would require the wearing of face coverings in all indoor public spaces, “including schools and childcare settings, businesses, restaurants, and government buildings,” making it the first major U.S. city to reverse course after dropping mask requirements on March 2.
This week, however, the board voted to reverse course again, citing “decreasing hospitalizations and a leveling of case counts,” Fox News reports. It did not specify when the latest policy will take effect, but added that the “City will move to strongly recommending masks in indoor public spaces as opposed to a mask mandate.”
Many suspect that reversals such as this one in Democrat strongholds such as Philadelphia have less to do with evolving data and more to do with the political costs of mandatory masking.
In recent months, party consultants have privately urged Democrats to distance themselves from mask mandates, advice taken by various governors and mayors across the country, to the point that only
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