FILE - Dr. Brooke Decker, left, of Marshall, Director of Infection Prevention, argues with Dana Gibson about her opposition to a mask mandate for students before the North Allegheny School District school board regarding the district's mask policy, Aug. 25, 2021, at at North Allegheny Senior High School in McCandless, Pa. During earlier surges of the COVID-19 pandemic, some governors ordered business closures, issued mask mandates and required vaccines in certain settings. Some even required quarantines for out-of-state travelers. No more. The record-shattering caseload of the omicron surge has been met with a collective shrug by most governors, who are displaying little appetite for widespread public orders or shutdowns. (Alexandra Wimley/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP, File)
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