“We’re not going to reinstitute masking because the people that will wear it already are,” remarked Mayor Mike Walsh. “The people who won’t mask won’t mask even if I ask them to. So it’s almost an act of futility.”

The rolling 7-day positivity rate is now 11.2% and all eight counties are either medium or high risk.

“For the three counties in the high threshold, we are recommending masking indoors,” said Juthani.

But again, it’s a recommendation.

“I think that we are really beyond mandates at this point. I think we have all the tools including outpatient treatments available to us,” Juthani said. “For us to really get to the point of even considering a mandate, that would require legislative action, declaration of another public health emergency. We are not at that stage.”

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