05/18/2021

Weekly Now: How Associations Are Shifting Their COVID-19 Strategies

May 18, 2021

An improved outlook for COVID-19 is shifting the landscape around what people can do, and whether they need a mask—and associations, for or against such changes, are responding accordingly.

Perhaps the biggest change came about after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that it would no longer recommend that vaccinated people wear a mask, indoors or outdoors, in most settings, as long as state and local laws allowed for it, and if the business chose to do so. (Unvaccinated people would still be required to wear masks indoors.)

This move, seen as controversial in some quarters, created practical concerns for groups in the retail and restaurant industries. The National Restaurant Association, for one, said it would remove a suggestion from its website advising members to require mask use, but said it would work with the CDC to figure out what else was necessary.

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