We never said that the unvaccinated should unmask, Fauci notes. Right, but what did the CDC think would happen when it announced that vaccinated people no longer need to wear masks indoors? Sixty percent of the adult U.S. population has now received its first dose. That’s a lot of people for a state or city official to disappoint by insisting that they should go on masking up even after the CDC has said it’s unnecessary. Deep blue states like New Jersey, California, and Hawaii can get away with it since they’re mostly Democratic and Democrats tend to be overcautious about COVID. But any politician who has to answer to a mixed electorate is going to sweat at the thought of continuing to require masks.