White House struggles to get message straight in wake of new CDC guidance

President Joe Biden speaks from the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, The Biden administration has been forced in recent days to walk back statements about the possibility of instituting a national COVID-19 vaccine mandate, as well as the re-imposition of lockdowns due to a surge in cases caused by the Delta variant. While the White House has endorsed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s revised recommendations of indoor mask mandates in places where there is “substantial” or “high” levels of coronavirus transmission, the backslide has led critics to wonder whether more drastic action is possible.-- More...