NYC ends citywide indoor mask mandate and vaccination requirements for businesses on Monday. I believe this includes mask requirements for public schools as well.
For Boston, all indoor mask mandates ends today, including TD Garden events.
Just for the record, on my way to work this morning I got off the bus, removed my mask and stopped into DD for a cup of coffee. There were a couple of customers ahead of me with masks and two staff with masks and one without. I ordered when it was my turn. No one said anything to me regarding a mask. I was in the store probably all of a minute and a half, two minutes tops.
For now my plan is to respect the mask rule of the business I go into, and if masks are optional, I will put my mask back on if I get “uncomfortable”. No way am I going to be without a mask in crowded or tight locations. Sadly, I believe we are nowhere near leaving our homes without a mask at least handy. Maybe the last few months of this year? Wishful thinking?
Thanks, Philip. I’d don’t know enough to say yay or nay on wishful thinking, but I’d sure say hopeful thinking . Maybe that is the same thing, but it somehow seems different to me
I do wonder though if those businesses who wish to continue their customers go along with “Covid-19” practices will do so at their own risk of losing customers. Even though these mayors are removing masks and/or vaccination requirements, I believe that individual businesses still have the right to continue. It will also be interesting what the major grocery store chains will do.
Not to mention movie chains as well.
I think and hope that people would support any business that puts its employees and customers first.
As long as staff continue to treat me well and give good service, for me, wearing a mask will be a total non-issue.
I do not believe on balance businesses lose customers because they have a mask policy. Sure, they’ll lose some, but will also gain some. There are plenty of folks who feel more comfortable on March 5th – hello, it’s March, not June, and there’s still plenty of community transmission – in a store that has a mask policy.
CDC messaging has been so problematic. On masks they say they’re “inconvenient, annoying, reminds us that we’re in the middle of a pandemic.” Weird statement on many levels, in my opinion. Most places of work that I know of have dress code policies, some stricter than others. In fact, I’ve never worked at a place – and I’ve worked in restaurants, bars, cafes, many different offices (academia, consulting, hospital) where I could just wear what I wanted. I hate ties and suits, for example. I don’t even like dress shirts or slacks. So yes, they were “inconvenient, annoying, and reminded me that I worked for a professional organization. And so I did it, and it wasn’t a sacrifice, nor an impediment on my freedom or way of life. Good grief, Americans, are we that soft that we have to somehow view things through the prism of their convenience or an annoyance factor?
Well, they are a pain, especially for those like myself who wear glasses. They fog up not just in the cold but even on mild, damp days.
Then at work, everyone including the residents must wear them at all times. On too many occasions I have to ask residents and others to repeat themselves, more than once, and vice versa. It’s also embarrassing asking my supervisor to repeat just a simple instruction, or question for me. I have also had to repeat my responses to him as well.
Sorry for my mini rant.
Absolutely agree, Joshua.
C-19 for 3-6 is ready.
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Thanks TK.
NYC ends citywide indoor mask mandate and vaccination requirements for businesses on Monday. I believe this includes mask requirements for public schools as well.
For Boston, all indoor mask mandates ends today, including TD Garden events.
Just for the record, on my way to work this morning I got off the bus, removed my mask and stopped into DD for a cup of coffee. There were a couple of customers ahead of me with masks and two staff with masks and one without. I ordered when it was my turn. No one said anything to me regarding a mask. I was in the store probably all of a minute and a half, two minutes tops.
For now my plan is to respect the mask rule of the business I go into, and if masks are optional, I will put my mask back on if I get “uncomfortable”. No way am I going to be without a mask in crowded or tight locations. Sadly, I believe we are nowhere near leaving our homes without a mask at least handy. Maybe the last few months of this year? Wishful thinking?
Thanks, Philip. I’d don’t know enough to say yay or nay on wishful thinking, but I’d sure say hopeful thinking . Maybe that is the same thing, but it somehow seems different to me
I do wonder though if those businesses who wish to continue their customers go along with “Covid-19” practices will do so at their own risk of losing customers. Even though these mayors are removing masks and/or vaccination requirements, I believe that individual businesses still have the right to continue. It will also be interesting what the major grocery store chains will do.
Not to mention movie chains as well.
I think and hope that people would support any business that puts its employees and customers first.
As long as staff continue to treat me well and give good service, for me, wearing a mask will be a total non-issue.
I do not believe on balance businesses lose customers because they have a mask policy. Sure, they’ll lose some, but will also gain some. There are plenty of folks who feel more comfortable on March 5th – hello, it’s March, not June, and there’s still plenty of community transmission – in a store that has a mask policy.
On BA.2 it appears that while it’s more transmissible WHO does not believe it’s more virulent than BA.1. Good news. https://twitter.com/WHO/status/1500124180800544768
I agree
I agree on the lose some, gain some also.
CDC messaging has been so problematic. On masks they say they’re “inconvenient, annoying, reminds us that we’re in the middle of a pandemic.” Weird statement on many levels, in my opinion. Most places of work that I know of have dress code policies, some stricter than others. In fact, I’ve never worked at a place – and I’ve worked in restaurants, bars, cafes, many different offices (academia, consulting, hospital) where I could just wear what I wanted. I hate ties and suits, for example. I don’t even like dress shirts or slacks. So yes, they were “inconvenient, annoying, and reminded me that I worked for a professional organization. And so I did it, and it wasn’t a sacrifice, nor an impediment on my freedom or way of life. Good grief, Americans, are we that soft that we have to somehow view things through the prism of their convenience or an annoyance factor?
Well, they are a pain, especially for those like myself who wear glasses. They fog up not just in the cold but even on mild, damp days.
Then at work, everyone including the residents must wear them at all times. On too many occasions I have to ask residents and others to repeat themselves, more than once, and vice versa. It’s also embarrassing asking my supervisor to repeat just a simple instruction, or question for me. I have also had to repeat my responses to him as well.
Sorry for my mini rant.
Absolutely agree, Joshua.
C-19 for 3-6 is ready.