A discarded mask in a Billings, Mont. alley, Nov. 25, 2020.
Federal health officials say people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can go about life mask-free, though some places still require them. Some local health officials say the change could motivate unvaccinated people to get the shot.
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says real-world data show that fully vaccinated people becoming infected with COVID-19 is rare. The CDC now says fully vaccinated people, meaning those two weeks out from their final dose, can go mask-free and don’t need to social distance indoors, even in crowds. Fully vaccinated people also don’t need to get tested or isolate after a known exposure.
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‘Why we survive : BC boundary towns struggle without Albertans during pandemic
Jennifer Coffman didn’t expect to get hit with a double whammy at her restaurant in the tiny community of Field just west of the Alberta-British Columbia boundary this year.
Coffman has been running the Truffle Pigs Bistro and Lodge for the last 12 years.
Field, with a population of just under 200, sits along the Trans-Canada Highway, about 10 kilometres from the Alberta boundary, and relies pretty much on tourism.
COVID-19 seriously cut into international visits last year, so Coffman shut down for a couple of months. She expected things would improve this year. But things are tough again with closure of a nearby section of the Trans-Canada for construction this spring and fall, and Albertans being urged by the B.C. government not to travel to the province as the pandemic continues.
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