End of the Emergencies, local edition
Mar. 15th, 2023 10:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
edschweppeMay 11 won't be just the end of the Federal COVID public health emergency, it will be the end of the Massachusetts one as well:
No word yet on what data, if any, the state will publicly release provide going forward.
Also conspicuously absent: any sort of plan to improve indoor air quality to reduce the spreading of COVID. Or any other airborne infectious agent, for that matter.
Feh.
The state"s COVID-19 public health emergency will end on May 11 and the vaccination mandate for executive branch employees will be lifted, Governor Maura T. Healey announced Wednesday morning.
"Thanks to the hard work of our health care providers and communities, we"ve made important progress in the fight against COVID-19," Healey said in a statement. "We know that we have the tools to manage this virus — vaccines, masking, testing, getting treatments and staying home when sick — and we"ve reached the point where we can update our guidance to reflect where we are now."
Healey gave a nod to Governor Charlie Baker and his administration for saving "countless lives by putting these important measures in place in a time of immense crisis." Baker first declared the state of emergency on March 10, 2020.
The May 11 end date aligns with the end of the federal public health emergency.
No word yet on what data, if any, the state will publicly release provide going forward.
Also conspicuously absent: any sort of plan to improve indoor air quality to reduce the spreading of COVID. Or any other airborne infectious agent, for that matter.
Feh.