Digital media & comms strategist. Writing about bars & restaurants w @districfray, @thrillist, @eater_dc, etc. Not here often. DM on Instagram to connect.
Seconded. Don't understand why @CapitalOneArena@WashWizards didn't use the arena sound? We were in the 100 level and could not understand a damn thing.
Was great to see @mountain_goats@jonwurster and crew last night over @FillmoreSS. Lots of hits and tracks from the archive. If you're planning to see a show there, bring layers. Wear a hat. A/C was insane! 🥶❄️
A letter signed by eight DC gyms and fitness studios says a mandate requiring masks for people working out indoors is hurting them greatly, and they believe exercise can be done safely indoors without a mask. So far the city is not budging. #gym#fitness
"While bars, restaurants and clubs are subject to the same mandate, in practice, customers in these venues do not have to wear a mask as long as “they have a drink somewhere nearby,” the letter said.
cc @TheArtist_MBS@juliezweil@BarredinDC@falcicchio
When asked by @RamirezReports about a regional vaccine passport DC @MayorBowser said she didn't have anything to say.
When asked if she would be supportive of one, Bowser told Ramirez, "I don't know."
Breaking: Philly expected to require businesses check vaccination status or mandate masks indoors (regardless of vax status)
Announcement and start of new restrictions expected Wednesday.
inquirer.com/news/philadelph…
As a reminder, because DC typically hews closely to CDC guidance we likely won’t see vaccine mandates replace mask mandates at biz like gyms/restaurants unless CDC adjusts guidance or Mayor decides on her own over DC Health 1/
4. Other studies have shown that vaccinated people get over infection more quickly - unsurprising since vaccination basically gives your body a massive head start in fighting Covid.
So vaxxed likely infectious for *less long* than unvaxxed.
medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
A key point in the story of the DC mask mandate: city officials aren't willing to lay out *any* metrics for when they'll roll it back.
If it's not intended to bring transmission down to any specific level...what is it for? via @robbysoavereason.com/2021/08/09/washin…
If @CDCgov updated public guidance to be similar to private guidance (I.e. no masking when vax status of all is confirmed), I could see this being implemented for all biz quickly. But right now, @MayorBowser or @_DCHealth would have to do their own public health analysis to do it
Folks like @MayorBowser and @falcicchio can say that #DCisOpen but I'll tell you that class sizes at my yoga studio have plummeted since the new mandate. Let's please find a reasonable solution for vaxxed folks!
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