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At Azteca Tortilleria in East Los Angeles, a sandwich board greets customers with a warning: “No mask, no service!”
The restaurant’s owner, Samantha Hernandez, has had to throw out angry people over the last year for refusing to wear one. But in recent months, most customers complied without much grumbling.
The announcement Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that suggested vaccinated people no longer needed to wear masks indoors took her aback — and put her in an awkward bind.
“Am I supposed to start asking people for vaccination cards now?” she asked. “It doesn’t make sense.... We’re not even up to 50% vaccinations.”