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Mask mandate termination in California signals New Mexico’s holdout is now solely political
SANTA FE – California has announced that it will end its indoor mask mandate on February 15th. New Mexico, with a population density less than 1/6 of California’s is one of the last states in the union to require masks in all indoor locations, including schools. Notably, New Mexico also has one of the highest vaccination rates in the nation with almost 70 percent of the eligible population fully vaccinated.