COVID-19 rates have surged again across the country thanks, in large part, to the delta variant and loosening restrictions. In response, some major American cities have started to re-institute safety mandates for businesses: In New York, all restaurants and bars will need to start checking proof of vaccination to dine indoors starting August 16, and Los Angeles County renewed indoor mask requirements in mid-July. However, since Gov. Kate Brown lifted all restrictions on June 30, neither Oregon nor Multnomah County have instituted anything more than a mask recommendation. As a result, many bar owners and workers found themselves where they have been all throughout the pandemic: forced to develop
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