Erie County / YouTube The long fight against COVID is more and more becoming a debate about when to wear or not wear a mask. New York State has now joined the Centers for Disease Control recommendations to ease mask requirements, indoors and outdoors. But that's where it starts getting complicated. Erie County officials spent their Tuesday briefing trying to clarify the current requirements. Credit Erie County Department of Health Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz said anyone visiting a county building has to wear a mask. Some county workers have to wear masks all the time if they interact with the public and others have to wear masks some of the time.