Petersburg retailers, residents react to change in mask guidelines
PETERSBURG — Chris Skordas wants to play it safe. Kimberly Ann Calos wants to go for it. The owners of the Mad Italian Pasta & Steak House and Petersburg Pickers, respectively, show the connondrum over the new mask-wearing guidelines recommended by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On Thursday, the CDC announced that anyone who is fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus does not have to wear a mask anymore indoors or out unless they are in close quarters with a large crowd. The guidelines are not legally binding, and the only real way that masks can be legally ditc...