David Ryder/Getty Images Nearly 80 percent of hospitalizations during this time period were unvaccinated people, the report says. Under the program, local businesses are invited to request customers provide COVID-19 vaccine cards or photos of cards, or printed or mobile records from vaccine providers, MyIR or WA Verify, before they are allowed entry. The SHIBA program part of the Office of the Insurance Commissioner is ready to help with your Medicare open enrollment decisions. 46. So I think it will be again a situation where people will step up and do the right thing. He says businesses also need time to figure out how to best implement new policies, and to give their employees de-escalation training for unruly customers, so they can deal with situations where people are resistant to complying with vaccine and mask mandates. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand. If you want to eat at Swing Wine Bar & Caf whether indoors or out youll need to bring proof of vaccination and a photo ID. Find her on Instagram @kcsherred and Twitter @kriscarasher. We decided to do this after several bars in Seattle had outbreaks and they made the decision to do it, said Cryptatropa owner Maeve Mageir Boyd. And thats what you see here, is that requiring a vaccination card really gives the business an opportunity to tell its workers, We have a safe place for you, and its customers, We have a safe place for you. Those who do not have proof of vaccination can present digital or physical proof of negative FDA-authorized or approved molecular (PCR) or FDA-authorized or approved antigen (rapid) COVID-19. For these to work most effectively, I think we need better verification systems. Beginning Oct. 25, proof of vaccination or a recent negative COVID test will be required in King. Here are inspections for March 22. For people who are unvaccinated or cannot prove vaccine status, they will be required to show proof of a negative PCR COVID-19 test taken within the last 72 hours, or a negative rapid test result from a testing provider conducted on-site at an event or establishment just prior to entry. Braxton said over the phone that his staff have had issues enforcing the mask mandate, with a couple of instances escalating so much they called the police. Chicago as well as Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, introduced requirements in light of Omicron. With hospitals around our region stretched to the breaking point, we need to do everything we can to keep our communities safe, Berry said. None of the countywide bans apply the requirement to outdoor dining. If to do many of the activities that you enjoy doing requires vaccination, that may be enough to tip people who are kind of on the fence about vaccines into getting vaccinated, said Brandon Guthrie, an epidemiologist at the University of Washington. The surge of the delta variant is convincing a number of restaurateurs around the country that the best way to get out in front of the latest wave of infections is to take charge of who will be allowed to patronize their establishments.
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