We don’t have an authorized vaccine for every child yet, and the Omicron wave still hasn’t bottomed out, but local and state officials have apparently seen enough: It’s time to ditch mask and vaccine verification requirements. “We will have to figure out how to live with this existing virus,” governor Jay Inslee said during a Thursday press conference.
To be clear, neither policy will vanish immediately. Inslee announced that the state’s indoor mask mandate will end on March 21 at schools, restaurants, libraries, and gyms (but not at health care facilities or on public transit). Vax card proof at large events across the state will cease on March 1, the
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