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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.
States, business sort out what new CDC mask guidance means
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and STEPHEN GROVES - Associated Press
More than a dozen states quickly embraced new federal guidelines that say fully vaccinated Americans no longer need to wear masks indoors or out in most cases. But other states and cities and some major businesses hesitated amid doubts about whether the approach is safe or even workable.
As many business owners pointed out, there is no easy way to determine who has been vaccinated and who hasn’t. And the new guidelines, issued Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, essentially work on the honor system, leaving it up to people to do the right thing.
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More than a dozen states quickly embraced new federal guidelines that say fully vaccinated Americans no longer need to wear masks indoors or out in most cases. But other states and cities and some major businesses hesitated amid doubts about whether the approach is safe or even workable.
As many business owners pointed out, there is no easy way to determine who has been vaccinated and who hasn’t. And the new guidelines, issued Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, essentially leave it up to people to do the right thing.
Mask guidance is changing in the U.S., leaving states and businesses to sort out how to follow it
More than a dozen U.S. states quickly embraced new federal guidelines that say fully vaccinated Americans no longer need to wear masks indoors or outdoors in most cases. But others hesitated amid doubts about whether the approach is safe or even workable.
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Posted: May 14, 2021 6:11 PM ET | Last Updated: May 14
A customer wearing a face mask exits a store in New York City on Friday. More than a dozen states quickly embraced new U.S. guidelines issued Thursday that say fully vaccinated Americans no longer need to wear masks indoors or outdoors in most cases.(John Minchillo/The Associated Press)