Late last week the Centers for Disease Control announced it was time to “give people a break” and pull back on Wuhan coronavirus mask guidance.

Conveniently, the guidance to drop masking comes right before President Biden’s State of the Union address Tuesday night.

“We need to be prepared and we need to be ready for whatever comes next. We want to give people a break from things like mask wearing when our levels are low, and then have the ability to reach for them again if things get worse in the future,” CDC Director Rochelle Walensky told reporters Friday afternoon.