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- San Francisco announced Thursday that proof of full vaccination is required to enter restaurants, gyms and other indoor venues.
- San Francisco is the second major city after New York to issue a comprehensive vaccine requirement for indoor companies. It only needs to provide proof of one dose of the vaccine.
- At the time when the mandatory vaccine requirements for the two liberal cities came out, some conservative state schools were working hard to require masks, which violated the order of the Republican governor.
San Francisco announced on Thursday that proof of full vaccination is required to enter restaurants, gyms and other indoor venues in order to curb the new wave of Covid infections, which has prompted the enforcement of public health tasks across the country.
San Francisco launched its authorization on August 20, and is the second major city after New York to issue comprehensive vaccine requirements for indoor companies. New York only needs to provide proof of one dose of vaccine.
At the time when the mandatory vaccine requirements for the two liberal cities came out, some conservative state schools were working hard to require masks, which violated the order of the Republican governor.
The Houston Public Schools Board is expected to vote on Thursday against the state’s ban on wearing masks, joining other areas in Texas and Florida to require masks to be worn in classrooms to combat the surge in masks. Covid-19 infection, Despite being threatened by the national leadership.
According to the Houston Chronicle, this measure is likely to be passed, and most board members expressed support for requiring masks in schools.
As the beginning of the school year coincided with a terrible new wave of Covid-19 cases, the school has quickly become the focus of the country’s political struggle over mask and vaccine regulations. In Virginia, some school districts have stated that they do not need to wear masks, and Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam issued an order on Thursday to require masks to be worn in indoor school environments.
Florida threatened to withhold the salaries of school officials who need to wear masks, a move that exacerbated tensions between Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis and Democrat US President Joe Biden.
If DeSantis (who is widely believed to be weighing the potential challenges of the presidency in 2024) fulfills his threat, the White House is considering providing compensation to school officials in Florida.
According to data from the American Recovery Tracker of the Oxford Institute for Economic Research, after a sharp rise in the first half of 2021, the Delta variable appears to be slowing the pace of US economic recovery.
Oren Krachkin, chief American economist at Oxford, said:
The sharp deterioration in health is the main reason why the recovery in the South is now losing momentum. The rapid increase in Covid cases in the region has led to a slowdown in activity and stagnant mobility and employment.
Health stretch slimming
The most severe areas of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in the United States are concentrated in the south, including Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, where intensive care units are already overwhelmed. While ignoring the federal government’s recommendations on masks, Florida asked Washington to provide ventilator help.
According to Reuters statistics, the number of daily cases nationwide has doubled in the past two weeks, reaching a six-month peak, while the average daily death toll in the past 14 days has increased by 85%.
Mary Mayhew, president of the Florida Hospital Association, said in a statement on Tuesday: “Our frontline healthcare heroes find themselves exhausted and physical and mental exhaustion is causing losses.” She added that people in their 20s and 30s Being hospitalized due to the virus.
The leaders of the states and cities led by the Democratic Party have moved quickly to respond to the Delta variant’s requirements for Covid-19 masks and vaccines.
San Francisco’s new vaccine authorization for indoor companies applies to employees and customers. The order stated that employees of restaurants, gyms and other venues must show proof of full vaccination by October 13. Participants participating in indoor activities with 1,000 people or more are also required to provide proof of vaccination.
At the same time, California, Illinois, Kentucky and New Jersey are all led by Democratic governors, requiring all schools to wear masks.
On Thursday, Becky Pringle, the president of the National Education Association, which leads the country’s largest teacher union, said she supports vaccination of teachers. Her statement was made after a similar statement made by the president of the American Federation of Teachers earlier this week.
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