DC drops indoor mask and vaccine mandates tomorrow

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Racial inequality meant that the vaccine mandate was never going to last in DC.

Sad day for the Mask Karens. I’m sure they’ll find something else to talk to the manager about.

Lazy and misogynistic post. But you knew that.

This board is full of people who take pride in confronting the maskless. That is a Mask Karen and I’m sure there sad about the circumstances.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are they doing this? The vax mandate was great

Because it sucks. And people who are vaccinated are going out of their way to eat in Virginia because they don’t like the mandates. Lots of lost business and headaches for the restaurant owners.

We are vaccinated DC residents. Drove to Georgetown on Saturday for dinner. Since it was the first time eating indoors since Omicron, we forgot about the vax mandate and one of our guests didn't have proof of vaccination. Got in the car and drove to VA for dinner. I imagine we are not the only family that has done this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This feels so unfair. So unvaccinated adults can swan around unmasked in restaurants and bars, but my fully vaxxed kids have to continue wearing their masks for 8 hours a day in school. Drop the school mask mandate before dropping the vax mandate.

This.

+2

So sad that my kids (early elementary) have had to wear masks for over a year now. If we’re going to drop it, let’s drop it completely. What BS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This feels so unfair. So unvaccinated adults can swan around unmasked in restaurants and bars, but my fully vaxxed kids have to continue wearing their masks for 8 hours a day in school. Drop the school mask mandate before dropping the vax mandate.

You can see Bowser’s priorities clearly. Restaurants are more important than kids.

Unfortunately, not news :-/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Racial inequality meant that the vaccine mandate was never going to last in DC.

Sad day for the Mask Karens. I’m sure they’ll find something else to talk to the manager about.

Lazy and misogynistic post. But you knew that.

This board is full of people who take pride in confronting the maskless. That is a Mask Karen and I’m sure there sad about the circumstances.

l

And you know they are all women because…?

No, you just like to use perjoratives to shut women up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are they doing this? The vax mandate was great

Because it sucks. And people who are vaccinated are going out of their way to eat in Virginia because they don’t like the mandates. Lots of lost business and headaches for the restaurant owners.

I can't have been the only person who ate indoors in DC for the first time a couple of weeks ago BECAUSE of the vax mandate, and will now not do so.

That doesn’t even make any sense!

If you are worried about catching Covid from eating indoors, it doesn’t make a difference if there is a vax passport or not. You can catch COVID from someone who is vaccinated. Having a vax passport does not ensure anyone’s safety.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm fine with dropping the mask mandate but the vaccine mandate was good, common-sense public health policy.

Not on your life. It blatantly ignored the science. In fact, it was an example of incredibly BAD public health policy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Racial inequality meant that the vaccine mandate was never going to last in DC.

Sad day for the Mask Karens. I’m sure they’ll find something else to talk to the manager about.

Lazy and misogynistic post. But you knew that.

This board is full of people who take pride in confronting the maskless. That is a Mask Karen and I’m sure there sad about the circumstances.

l

And you know they are all women because…?

No, you just like to use perjoratives to shut women up.

NP. I haven't worn a mask in DC in 3 weeks and I assure you that all of the small number of people who have confronted me about it are 45-65 YO women.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This feels so unfair. So unvaccinated adults can swan around unmasked in restaurants and bars, but my fully vaxxed kids have to continue wearing their masks for 8 hours a day in school. Drop the school mask mandate before dropping the vax mandate.

This.

+2

So sad that my kids (early elementary) have had to wear masks for over a year now. If we’re going to drop it, let’s drop it completely. What BS.

I hate this so much. Our kids are paying the price for ignorant adults.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are they doing this? The vax mandate was great

It destroys small businesses, especially restaurants.

Why, though? Most of DC is vaccinated, and this should encourage those who aren't to get vaccinated.

Yeah, I don't get the complaint about it hurting restaurants. I know plenty of people who are MORE willing to dine indoors when there's a vax mandate, and it's not like checking the card is all that onerous. No vax mandate for restaurants means we'll probably stop eating indoors again, at least until we see how things shake out with the masking/vax mandates going away.

[Anonymous]

Didnt the city just close a bar for ignoring its vaccine mandate?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are they doing this? The vax mandate was great

Because it sucks. And people who are vaccinated are going out of their way to eat in Virginia because they don’t like the mandates. Lots of lost business and headaches for the restaurant owners.

I can't have been the only person who ate indoors in DC for the first time a couple of weeks ago BECAUSE of the vax mandate, and will now not do so.

That doesn’t even make any sense!

If you are worried about catching Covid from eating indoors, it doesn’t make a difference if there is a vax passport or not. You can catch COVID from someone who is vaccinated. Having a vax passport does not ensure anyone’s safety.

It doesn't ensure your safety, but it does make a difference. It might not eliminate all risk, but vaccines do reduce transmission and infection. People seem to think that either a measure is 100 percent effective or it's useless, but that's not how risk works in real life.

And honestly, if you ARE vaccinated and you refuse to eat in DC because of the mandates, I don't know what to tell you. Like, you are CHOOSING to hurt local businesses and then complaining about the harm to local businesses?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are they doing this? The vax mandate was great

It destroys small businesses, especially restaurants.

Why, though? Most of DC is vaccinated, and this should encourage those who aren't to get vaccinated.

Yeah, I don't get the complaint about it hurting restaurants. I know plenty of people who are MORE willing to dine indoors when there's a vax mandate, and it's not like checking the card is all that onerous. No vax mandate for restaurants means we'll probably stop eating indoors again, at least until we see how things shake out with the masking/vax mandates going away.

I love statements like this:

"Checking a card is not all that onerous." It's right up there with "masks are no big deal; no one minds wearing them."

PP, may I politely ask who the hell are you to make general assumptions like this, on behalf of other people, when you have no idea what you're talking about?

[Anonymous]

Why are people really into requiring masks but not into requiring vaccines? Masks are just a semi-dumb thing we do to buy us time while people get vaccinated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are they doing this? The vax mandate was great

Because it sucks. And people who are vaccinated are going out of their way to eat in Virginia because they don’t like the mandates. Lots of lost business and headaches for the restaurant owners.

We are vaccinated DC residents. Drove to Georgetown on Saturday for dinner. Since it was the first time eating indoors since Omicron, we forgot about the vax mandate and one of our guests didn't have proof of vaccination. Got in the car and drove to VA for dinner. I imagine we are not the only family that has done this.

You don't keep a photo on your phone? It's incredibly easy, and it's handy to have a backup for your paper card anyway. This is not a real obstacle.