Some states, businesses dropping mask policies for people fully vaccinated for COVID-19 Share Updated: 6:04 PM EDT May 14, 2021 By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and STEPHEN GROVES, Associated Press
Some states, businesses dropping mask policies for people fully vaccinated for COVID-19 Share Updated: 6:04 PM EDT May 14, 2021
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Show Transcript NORTH END WITH HOW SOME OWNERS ARE PLANNING TO MOVE FORWARD. MATT? MATT: GOVERNOR BAKER TWEETED A SHORT TIME AGO THAT THE CDC GUIDANCE IS GREAT NEWS. MASSACHUSETTS WILL UPDATE THEIR PROCESS NEXT WEEK. UNTIL THAT HAPPENS, BUSINESSES ARE IN A TOUGH SPOT, UNSURE OF WHAT THEY CAN SAY AND DO WITH THEIR CUSTOMERS, REGARDING MASK WEARING. WITH ITS LOCATION STEPS AWAY FROM THE FREEDOM TRAIL, CHARLESTOWN SERVES NOT ONLY THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOCALS BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD. NOW THE CDC IS NOW THAT THE CDC IS CHANGING GUIDANCE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE VACCINATED CAN STOP WEARING MASKS FOR ME,
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States, businesses weigh impact of relaxed CDC mask guidelines
Labor groups and others warn that employees at stores, restaurants and bars could be left exposed to COVID-19 from customers and be forced into the unwanted role of vaccination police.
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and STEPHEN GROVESAssociated Press
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Customers wait in a line before entering a store Friday in the retail shopping district of SoHo in New York City. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has yet to say whether he will change his state’s mask mandate in light of new federal guidance that eases rules for fully vaccinated people.
Several states embraced new guidelines from the CDCn that say fully vaccinated Americans no longer need to wear masks indoors or out in most situations. But others took a wait-and-see attitude.
One of Nation s Largest Teacher s Union Will Still Push for Masks in Schools Despite New CDC Guidance
On 5/14/21 at 12:29 PM EDT
One of the nation s largest teacher s union will continue to push for face masks to be worn in schools despite new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that says it is now safe for fully vaccinated people to take their masks off in most indoor settings.
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), which represents 1.7 million members across the country, told
Newsweek that the labor union is awaiting COVID-19 vaccine authorization for kids under age 12 before mask requirements are lifted in schools.
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