New York will soon lift much of the restrictions imposed by the pandemic on businesses such as restaurants, bars, theaters and other establishments.
A week after the mayor announced that he planned to reopen the city by July 1, Governor Cuomo said that many of these restrictions will be lifted on May 19.
Some New Yorkers think that these different messages create confusion.
“They do not agree, there is no solution there. They have to agree to open first, they cannot open and if we are going to go back … we are not wearing masks and if they are going to remove that we are going to come back again ”, said a neighbor.
According to the changes announced by Governor Cuomo, most businesses will be allowed to have the maximum capacity of people inside the establishments if the place has the space of six feet to space them or if they ask for proof of the covid or vaccination.
This measure includes hairdressers, gyms and stores.
About 35 percent of people are already fully vaccinated in the state … nothing compared to the 75 percent that was talked about in December to guarantee a return to normality.
“It is not correct then that they open if not everyone is vaccinated … what is the use of some being vaccinated and others not if we are always going to be infected, because the vaccine is not a solution, it is a prevention,” said another neighbor .
While the medical community is more concerned with people’s behavior as there are fewer capacity restrictions in facilities.
Vaccinated or not, the measures still have to be followed, according to Dr. Yomaris Peña, an internist for the Somos organization.
“They must always take into consideration that although we have opened, not all of us are vaccinated, we do not have the 70 percent that we wanted to achieve that collective immunity, therefore we must remain more cautious,” said Dr. Yomaris Peña, Internist at Somos.
Meanwhile, the Latino community continues to lag behind in vaccinations, which could represent a greater risk of contagion.
For what the most important thing now says, is that those who have not been vaccinated to get the dose.
“If we encourage among ourselves, among our family members, among the people who work with us on a day-to-day basis, the numbers may go up … then that would lead us to a position that the more patients vaccinated, the greater immunity at the collective level. ”.
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