De Blasio says New York City plans to "fully reopen" on July 1

[brooklynite]

Source: Axios

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on MSNBC Thursday that New York City plans to "fully reopen" on July 1, with no restrictions on restaurants, retail, or any other business.

Why it matters: It will be a major milestone for America's most populous city, which was once the global epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic.

Flashback: At the peak of the outbreak last April, New York City reported a seven-day rolling average of more than 800 deaths per day. The daily death toll has now dropped to below 40, with over 6 million vaccine doses administered.

What they're saying: While cautioning that he wants people to remain "smart" about public health, de Blasio said that that "we now have the confidence that we can pull all of these pieces together and get life back, really, in many ways, to where it was."

Read more: https://www.axios.com/new-york-city-reopen-july-5fac65e5-31d8-4ed6-a77d-6ee27a849594.html

[Naio]

1. Hummm I don't trust my Mayor ..

I will be masked anyway .

[FarPoint]

2. Please do....

if out in a group/close proximity setting...wear a really good mask too, KN95 is my recommendation even vaccinated........India for example was so called putting the covid-19 virus behind them ...see what happened ...that said, I am unaware of how through they were with vaccinations...so, that is our key her in the states.

[winstars]

5. Only 2 or 3 per cent vaccinated in India. Only way out of this mess is mass vaccinations...

[choie]

3. Agree with you

N/a

[Polybius]

4. Will the mask mandate be lifted?

It wasn't mentioned.

[MisterNiceKitty]

6. What a clown show

[Buckeye_Democrat]

7. In Ohio, current policy is to fully reopen when...

... new cases per 100,000 people dips below 50 over a two-week period.

That's about 3.57 new cases per 100k a day, which no state in the USA has yet reached. Not even California, which has about 5 per 100k daily now.

Gov. DeWorm will surely repeal that plan after Republicans in this state complain that he's supposedly killing Ohio businesses compared to other states, giving into them like a spineless worm yet again.