New Colorado COVID-19 rules taking effect Friday largely lift coronavirus-related capacity limits at restaurants, gyms and other venues and without local rules, El Paso County businesses will need to decide for themselves how to protect customers and employees.
Many employers will likely keep mask mandates and social distancing rules in place in order to ensure their businesses are safe, said George Russo, an attorney and director of the southern regional office of the Employers Council.
Employers should be looking to the updated federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration guidelines to guide workplace safety, and many of those measures will be ones that we have all become familiar with, such as six feet of distance. The administration has also put more emphasis on providing fresh or filtered air, he said.
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“It’s a personal choice,” he said.
Messages about the vaccines have been confusing, he said, depending on how the political winds are blowing.
He questions the rush for pharmaceutical companies to bring vaccines to market and has concerns about their safety and long-term effects.
But Jeanguenat said he’s encountered a lot of pushback.
One example: A golfer in the cart he was riding in last week asked if he was getting a shot. Jeanguenat said he wasn’t sure.
“People who don’t get it are just dumb,” the guy replied.
“I should not have to be shamed into getting it,” Jeanguenat said. “If it was so effective, why do the people that already have the vaccine still fear someone who does not choose to get it.”