Democrats Dropping Mask Mandates Faster than the 'Science Changed'?

From RT News:

The states of New jersey, New York, California, Oregon, Connecticut and Delaware are all set to ditch mask mandates, claiming their decision is based on science - but Republicans aren’t buying it. (Daily Mail TV video)

'I'd love to see whatever internal polling went around the Democrat Party last week - it's certainly no coincidence that Democrat-run states are dropping mandates as fast as they can!” said Rep. Kevin Hern.

CDC director Rochelle Walensky insisted that their guidance hasn’t changed despite nationwide cases dropping 47% in the past week - or CNN’s medical analyst Dr Leana Wen claiming “the science has changed."

Are the Dems having a midterm crisis?

From the New York Times:

Dropping Indoor Mask Mandate, New York Joins Blue States Easing Covid Rules

Gov. Kathy Hochul will drop New York’s stringent indoor mask mandate on Wednesday, ending a requirement that businesses ask customers for proof of full vaccination or require mask wearing at all times, and marking a turning point in the state’s coronavirus response, according to three people briefed on her decision.

The decision will eliminate a rule that prompted legal and interpersonal clashes over mask wearing, especially in conservative parts of New York. It was set to expire on Thursday and would have required renewing.

Ms. Hochul’s decision will let the mask mandate lapse just as a crushing winter surge in coronavirus cases is finally receding. But it was not yet clear whether the governor would renew or drop a separate mask mandate in New York schools that is set to expire in two weeks.

The easing of New York’s pandemic restrictions on businesses comes as Democratic-led states from New Jersey to California have announced similar moves this week, in a loosely coordinated effort that is the result of months of public-health planning, back-channel discussions and political focus groups that began in the weeks after the November election.

The article continues on [a link is provided above], but the sentence in the article that called out to me was this:

"As members of the National Governors Association gathered for a meeting in the East Room, several asked President Biden to provide clear guidelines for their states to move from the crisis footing of a pandemic to a recognition that the virus was here to stay — and that it could be managed without completely upending daily life."

Quite interesting...