New York

to enforce the mandate.

In my county, the commissioner announcef locally that there is not enough staff to enforce it so he won't. Our positivity rate was 12.5% when he said that. Hospitals are full. The death rate is climbing.

The positivity rate went down to 10% when Wednesday's statistics came out. The post Thanksgoving spike is waning, I guess, but omicron, Christmas, and New Year are just around the corner.

I was out and about today, picking up a prescription from CVS, getting milk and bread nearby. I saw a lot of masks, but a lot that were not worn correctly. Noses uncovered, masks on the chin, loose fitting masks with gaps at the cheeks, surgical masks with the nosepiece not adjusted. In other words, the usual.

No wonder the positivity rate is so high. It will get higher.