Governors caught flatfooted by Biden's mask reversal

Ricketts compared the lack of communication over the new mask guidance to the confusion surrounding the CDC’s decision to abruptly pause jabs of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after reports that the vaccine may have resulted in blood clots for a small group of recipients. "This is similar to what happened to when they did the Johnson & Johnson pause. We did not get a heads-up that that was coming." Rickett’s lamented the need for better communication from the White House. "We really need to see better communication from the Biden administration, better communication from the CDC when they’re going to make policy changes so we have a heads-up on this and then can use that when we’re making decisions in our own states."