Hasnain says:

“State and federal officials should maintain the momentum by requiring vaccination to enter more public facilities and helping the private sector do the same by easing vaccination verification. Yes, some share of the population will never get vaccinated, but many merely need their apathy or hesitancy to become more inconvenient than getting a shot.

Bay Area officials also continued to take the lead Monday on another precaution by mandating masks indoors, which is appropriate until surging infections abate and vaccination rates increase. It’s also become clear that dropping most restrictions on gatherings, as California did in June, was a mistake. While lockdowns aren’t warranted or feasible, limiting indoor crowding would be wise in places where unvaccinated people are or might be present. Pretending the pandemic is over is no substitute for making it so.”

Posted on 2021-08-03T20:32:09+0000