I understand many are concerned about lack of ability to verify who is vaccinated, but it became pretty clear that “passports” were unlikely to be tolerated/ implemented in most public settings. IMHO the missed opportunity was not focusing more on level of spread as a criteria.
It’s really about your state/ community/ facility’s defense (ie masks, distancing, and overall vaccination plus prior infection rates) vs #COVID19’s offense (local spread). That’s a logical and evidence based way to decide about lifting or creating/ enforcing requirements.
Examples: if high viral spread and/ or low vax rate in the community- makes sense to keep state and local mask mandates. Are you a business that’s willing to have a vax mandate for employees or somehow verify vax status of those entering? Then say no mask if you’ve been vaxxed.
It was time for this move- the decision wasn’t bad. Its the comms and the context that seem less than ideal. Regardless of what is said, the announcement was either terribly rushed or terribly executed (or both). Public health officials got zero heads up/ time to plan.
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