science but that is not the whole picture. you have to look at overall society. look when the outbreak started way back in march of 2020, if critical workers were exposed we said you don t isolate at all. we needed to do that or every hospital and meat packing facility will close. my issue they are confusing, contradictory and not implementing it correctly. they let the rapid testing infrastructure crater for nine months. they are playing catch-up and not doing it very well. julie: i want to get to the debate over vaccine mandates for domestic flights. that s back in the spotlight. thousands of flights are canceled. we ve been reporting on it every day due to staff shortages. fauci says masks are enough for now but says the situation may change. now another reversal. let s play the tape. right now we feel the masking requirement and the degree of filtration on a plane
level and what states around the country are doing is just damaging to the trust and the psyche that the population has in our health officials. reporter: also losing the masks, amazon. they announced fully vaccinated warehouse workers can go mas maskless. the policy does not apply to the unvaccinated or those working in the few states where masking indoors remains in place for now. on that note, the list of states that seem to be outpacing the biden administration and the cdc in revising their mask mandate, it really does seem to be growing shorter by the week here. in terms of connecticut and california that actually announced their plan to keep that indoor masking requirement for the unvaccinated, i checked those stats a little while ago, and it does seem that accounts for 25% of that eligible population. a quick reminder, though, ultimately those local jurisdictions, they have the ability to make their own