Donât Force Businesses to Verify Customersâ Vaccine Status
An Oregon rule requiring businesses to demand proof of vaccination from maskless shoppers “is alarming,” NACS says.
May 26, 2021
ALEXANDRIA, Va. NACS in a letter yesterday asked U.S. public health agencies to issue statements “emphasizing that state and local rules should not place the burden of verifying vaccination on employees.”
The letter to the heads of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention follows an Oregon Health Department rule that requires private businesses, employers and places of worship to verify the vaccination status of people who don’t wear face masks in their facilities.
Colonial Pipeline restart to take days as Southeast U.S. scrambles for fuel
By Joseph Menn and Stephanie Kelly
Reuters
(Reuters) -Colonial Pipeline began to restart the nation s largest fuel pipeline network on Wednesday but it will take days to get back to normal after a ransomware attack shut the line and sent Americans in the southeastern United States scrambling to find fuel as stations ran out of gas. Some markets served by Colonial Pipeline may experience, or continue to experience, intermittent service interruptions, the company said in a statement six days after it shut the line due to the hack. Colonial Pipeline will move as much gasoline, diesel and jet fuel as is safely possible and will continue to do so until markets return to normal.
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The shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline is sending thousands to fill up their tanks at gas stations. Gas prices are above $3, and some stations are running out or low on fuel. The Colonial Pipeline stretches from Texas to New Jersey and supplies almost half of the East Coast s fuel.
The pipeline shut down after a cyberattack, but the fuel company initiated the restart of pipeline operations on Wednesday. However, the Colonial Pipeline Co. added it will take several days for the product delivery supply chain to return to normal and fully replenish supplies.