By Tuesday, Connecticut’s masking mission is over, though not within the four walls of Staci Glazier’s hair salon.
Salon owner Staci Glazier has restructured her business during the pandemic, working alone and scheduling a single client at a time to minimize risk to herself and her team. her client.
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Salon owner Staci Glazier has restructured her business during the pandemic, working alone and scheduling a single client at a time to minimize risk to herself and her team. her client.
Staci B. Glazier
“Since I’m a private business, that’s my rule,” says Glazier, who will continue to ask customers to cover their faces. “It doesn’t matter what town or state does; that’s my rule.”
Glazier left her old salon and opened a one-woman boutique, Glaze, in Hamden during the pandemic. She thinks it’s safer because she can limit exposure for herself and her clients. Plus, she’s tired of losing her job and money, every time another stylist is exposed.
“I don’t want to have to close my business again and I don’t believe we’re out of the woods,” she said. Most customers understand; She breaks up those who don’t.
CDC relax its mask instructions Sixth, the advice that nearly 70% of Americans live in a place can skip face coverings. Much of the country has moved on from the duty of wearing masks. As of March 1, the indoor mask duty will only remain in three states – Washington, Oregon, and Hawaii. (Oregon’s mask mandate will end March 19; Washington’s will end March 21, according to statements from the governors of those states.)
Recent polls show the country as close to detached pass the mask quest – mainly along the lines of the party. So, in fact, many restaurants and corner stores are navigating their face covering policies based on personal choice or risk tolerance.
For the general public, that means encountering the potential patchwork of face coverings, at work and in everyday life.
“This is what comes up in almost every conversation I have with patients,” says internist Vivek Cherian, who treats hospitalized patients in Chicago. Because they are sick and vulnerable to COVID-19, he said many are worried about the end of Illinois’ masked duty this month.
“They’re feeling uncomfortable that we’re right in the middle of this pandemic,” said Cherian. “Even though things are looking a lot better, … they are also seeing 2,000 people still dying every day.”
Abraar Karan, an infectious disease physician at Stanford University, says how much risk increases when exposed is a difficult question to answer, because it depends on many different factors. “It’s not a binary of whether they work or don’t work – certain masks work much better than others,” says Karan, so he still recommends it. upgrade to N95 mask when near other masks.
In general, effectiveness also depends on things like ventilation, humidity, and of course, how well the mask is worn, says Karan.
It was because they weren’t often worn in bars and restaurants that Bill Duggan never thought of asking for them there in the first place.
Duggan, owner of blues bar Madam’s Organ in Washington DC, said: “It became a joke, because people had to wear a mask to walk through the door, but as soon as they drank or ate anything, then they don’t wear it.”
The task is to conceal unless “actively eat or drink”, which Duggan argues opens up too many interpretations.
Duggan was pleased to see DC’s indoor mask regulations expire on February 28, because he said they were ineffective as a public health tool and could not be enforced.
Instead, he argued, the city should focus on mandating vaccinations for indoor diners; Madam’s Organ still checks immunization cards at the door, even though the city no longer requires it.
Duggan said It’s a where the battle took place: “One of my best friends, as well as a musician who has been with me for 28 years … he passed away on November 4”.
The person you don’t want to get vaccinated. Therefore, Duggan will not let him perform at Madam’s Organ. “Honestly, it’s frustrating as well as heartbreaking,” he said.
A man wears a mask as he walks past a sign posted on a store front reminding people to wear masks, on February 25, 2022 in Los Angeles. Los Angeles ends the indoor mask-wearing mandate on February 25 for those who are fully immunized and have proof of vaccination. Those who have not been immunized or who cannot present proof of a negative test result still need to wear a mask.
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A man wears a mask as he walks past a sign posted on a store front reminding people to wear masks, on February 25, 2022 in Los Angeles. Los Angeles ends the indoor mask-wearing mandate on February 25 for those who are fully immunized and have proof of vaccination. Those who have not been immunized or who cannot present proof of a negative test result still need to wear a mask.
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Meanwhile, across the country, masked missions have become a thing of the past, or never existed.
Missouri was never supposed to wear a mask; The mission in Kansas City, home to The Campground restaurant, expired earlier this month.
Christopher Ciesiel, co-owner of The Campground, said: “We were in no human land trying to figure that out for ourselves.
Ciesiel still requires proof of vaccinations and strongly recommends wearing a mask for indoor seating – partly because he’s a former nurse, and because his daughter is too young to be vaccinated. He’s received some feedback, but on balance, he says those policies have helped the business.
“I feel like now we’ve eliminated all the customers that could have been a problem for us, so now it almost feels like our customers are coming to us because we’re doing it.” this,” he said of the mask of vaccine recommendations and requirements.
Recently, for example, a customer with terminal cancer visited a restaurant with her family and left home for the first time in two years. “They come here because they feel safe,” he said.
It also helps business, says Ciesiel, because – unlike neighboring stores – he and his staff haven’t closed yet, because they haven’t been sick.
