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At the Anchor Inn in Harrison in March, server Dee Graham (right) chats with regular customers Sam McConnell (from left) and her grandparents Cathy and Bob Kento.
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Beginning on Memorial Day, restaurants and other businesses were permitted to open at full capacity, seemingly a positive sign after a year of covid-19 mitigation measures took its toll on the industry.
But being allowed to open at full capacity is not the same as actually having the resources to do so, said Tyler Belden-England, director of culinary operations at DiAnoia’s Eatery in the Strip District.
Bi-partisan group of state senators ask governor to lift COVID-19 mitigation efforts three days early Share Updated: 9:29 PM EDT May 8, 2021 Share Updated: 9:29 PM EDT May 8, 2021
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Show Transcript FORECAST COMING UP. NEW TONIGHT, THE PUSH TO LIFT THE STATE S MITIGATION EFFORTS EVEN BEFORE MEMORIAL DAY. RIGHT NOW, THEY RE SET TO LIFT ON MAY 31ST. KAITLIN SYKES IS LIVE. AND SOME STATE LAWMAKERS WANT THAT DATE TO BE SOONER. REPORTER: THE POSSIBILITY THAT IT COULD HAPPEN EARLIER AND HE COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE ENTIRE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND HE SAID WOULD BE EVEN BETTER. Y MEAN, JUST A SIGH OF RELIEF. KATELYN: THAT S HOW ROMAN FROM ROMAN BISTRO LEARNED AFTER LEARNING THE MITIGATION EFFORTS WOULD LIFT ON MAY 31ST. WE TOOK ABOUT 10 STEPS BACK IT REALLY PUT A DAMPER ON EVERYTHING. YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY FINANCIALLY HERE BUT ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES, AND IT S BEEN TOUGH. KATELYN: BUT WHAT WOULD BE BETTER IS SEEING THE RESTRICTIONS LIFT THE HOLI
Bostonians’ Interest in Receiving Vaccine Lower in Communities of Color, Among Women
A newly released National Science Foundation-funded report by UMass Boston researchers finds that 1 in 5 Bostonians plan to not get vaccinated, nearly half of Black Bostonians say they have little or no interest in receiving the COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available, and more than a quarter of Hispanics say the same. A quarter of women also say they will not get the vaccine.
These findings are among those included in Living in Boston During COVID-19: Vaccination Hesitation, the fifth report in a research project that is a collaboration among the Boston Area Research Initiative (BARI) at Northeastern University, UMass Boston, and the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC). UMass Boston Interim Director for the Center for Survey Research Lee Hargraves and Sociology Professor Russell Schutt served as lead authors of the report.