Thread by @MarkLevineNYC

Today most public indoor venues in NYC can reopen at full capacity, and the universal indoor mask mandate is being lifted.

Also today: 53% of NYC residents have not had their 1st shot, and we're averaging 700 new cases/day.

Each of us has a role to play to keep NYC safe now. 1/

If have have not been vaccinated, please continue to use great caution. Wear a mask in all social settings. Get tested regularly. And most importantly, get the vaccine as soon as you can. 2/

If you are a store/supermarket/gym/salon/movie theater owner, please continue to require masks of ALL customers, to protect your workers, the immunocompromised, and kids (the alternative of requiring masks only for vax'd cases on the honor system will not work).
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If you've been vaccinated, please continue to wear your mask in public indoor venues. That is both to protect vulnerable people form the small risk that you could spread the virus, and to maintain solidarity so everyone regardless of vax status counties to wear a mask. 4/

The time will likely come soon when NYC makes more progress on vaccination and further lowers the rate of virus spread, making indoor mask wearing much less necessary.

Let's make sure we get there soon. To do that we need keep up the fight just a little bit longer. 5/5