received any type of guidance from the federal government that makes sense as to when those off ramps should be. and that's the problem. the cdc is increasingly making itself irrelevant if decisions are being made without them and people are doing their own thing. also, there is a big difference between ending mask mandates and saying they are no longer needed. ending mandates means it's not up to the government to require individuals to be masking, but people can choose to mask if they wish. >> you have two young children. would you feel comfortable with your kids going to school without masks? >> i would not. and that's because my children are under 5. they are not yet eligible to be vaccinated. however, at the point that my older son who's 4, in preschool, at the point he becomes vaccinated, i would feel comfortable with mask restrictions being lifted in school because he will be able and all of his classmates will have the opportunity to get vaccinated for that extra protection and if they so