The CDC guidance still calls for wearing masks in crowded indoor settings such as buses, planes, hospitals, prisons and homeless shelters, but it helps clear the way for reopening workplaces, schools, and other venues even removing the need for social distancing for those who are fully vaccinated.
CDC says fully vaccinated people don t need to wear masks
“We have all longed for this moment when we can get back to some sense of normalcy,” said Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, said at an earlier White House briefing.
The CDC and the Biden administration have faced pressure to ease restrictions on fully vaccinated people those who are two weeks past their last required COVID-19 vaccine dose in part to highlight the benefits of getting the shot. The country’s aggressive vaccination campaign has paid off: U.S. virus cases are at their lowest rate since September, deaths are at their lowest point since last April and the coronavirus test positivity rate is at the
A team representing Louisiana Tech University made up of student members of the American Society of Civil Engineers presented their design for the Sustainable Solutions Competition at the Deep South Conference. This competition requires participants to create a design for a sustainably constructed park that could be built on a college campus.
They later received news that they won first place in the Sustainable Solutions Competition and would get the opportunity to move on to the national level. The students representing Louisiana Tech are Lori Hawkins, Mathew Alvarez, Charity Durr, Rose Emery, and Amanda Gordon.
Katya Opel, a Civil Engineering graduate student, acted as conference chair for Louisiana Tech’s ASCE chapter this year. Her job duties included submitting all necessary forms on time in order for the events to actually happen. She also handled submitting the paper work for the Sustainable Solutions team to see if they move on to the next level in the competition.
Serving up a to-go margarita with Maudie s Tex Mex fare has been a lifesaver for the popular restaurant chain over the past year, said Ryan Leugers, director of operations for the Austin-based company.
Mixed beverages for carryout, a temporary option afforded to Texas restaurants as the pandemic ravaged sales, have improved the customer experience of our takeout program, Leugers said. It has really been a lifeline to our customers, our staff and our business.
Leugers said the to-go alcohol option has boosted mixed-beverage sales 10% to 20% across the restaurant s six Austin-area locations.
Now, a bill headed to Gov. Greg Abbott s desk would make alcohol to-go sales at restaurants statewide a permanent option. Abbott last year expressed support for making such sales permanent.
Recovery outlook brightens for Texas manufacturing, service employers
Texas produces about 10% of total manufactured goods in the United States, ranking second behind California in factory production.
A machine preps primer parts at the True Velocity manufacturing center in Garland.(Lynda M. González / Staff Photographer)
By Tribune News Service
3:04 PM on Apr 27, 2021 CDT Updated at 3:09 PM on Apr 27, 2021 CDT
The Texas manufacturing and service sectors continued to bounce back in April amid the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and the reopening of the economy.
That’s the takeaway from two recent Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas surveys, which show both sectors growing at a solid clip.
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