Dear UFCW Local 1776 Members,
This new guidance is a welcome sign of progress in the fight against Covid-19 and I want to thank you all for your commitment to following all Covid-19 safety protocols for months and months now, far longer than any of us likely anticipated. It is vitally important that we remain vigilant.
Despite the progress, and the fact that there is a light at the end of this tunnel, this new guidance does not mean that we are now 100% mask free as a nation. In this fight, details matter!
The CDC guidance includes rules about wearing masks in crowded indoor places like buses, airplanes, hospitals, grocery stores or other retail establishments. This guidance will inform how different states and municipalities approach their own mask mandates.
To be clear, this pandemic continues to be serious crisis. This past Sunday, 563 people died from Covid-19 in the US. That is the equivalent of four passenger airplanes falling out of the sky. If a half-dozen airplanes were falling out of sky every day, would you think twice about travelling?
Please, get vaccinated as soon as you can. The vaccines are safe, effective, and most importantly, free of charge. I want to thank you again for keeping your communities fed and your family safe.
Together, we will beat Covid-19.
Yours in solidarity,
Wendell Young IV
President
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