Thu Feb 10, 2022 – 6:14 pm EST
TRENTON, New Jersey (LifeSiteNews) – New Jersey Democrat Gov. Phil Murphy announced an end to the statewide mask mandate for public schools amid a conspicuous about-face from Democrats nationwide on COVID-19 policies.
Fox News reported that the mandate, which applies to students and staff alike, is slated to expire on March 7. Murphy had renewed the mandate as recently as January.
“This is a huge step back to normalcy for our kids,” Murphy declared. “We have to learn how to live with COVID as we move from a pandemic to the endemic phase of this virus.”
But it appears that politics, more so than science, played a major role in the governor’s reversal. According to The New York Times, advisers to Murphy conducted a “series of focus groups across the state” that revealed, “Across the board, voters shared frustrations over public health measures, a sense of pessimism about the future and a deep desire to return to some sense of normalcy. Even Democratic voters, they agreed, were wearying of the toughest restrictions, growing increasingly impatient with mandates and feeling ready to live with the risk that remained.”
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