Newly inaugurated president Joe Biden signed executive orders mandating mask-wearing on federal property as well as on all public transportation including busses, trains and planes. Biden has put a heavy focus on mask-wearing all throughout his nomination process, something that differs from Donald Trump’s presidential term; Trump consistently downplayed the effectiveness of masks, even when he was told by medical officials that they were necessary to eliminate the virus. “This mandate has been a long time coming,” Aaron Jaffe ’21 said. “We have all been wanting to get back into school full time and to be done with the virus; this feels like a step in the right direction.”