Several major retailers have relaxed their mask mandates in the wake of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s latest guidance.
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Several major retailers have relaxed their mask mandates in the wake of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s latest guidance. On Thursday, the CDC said fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear a mask in most settings, except where required by state and local laws. People are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after their second dose in a two-dose series, or two weeks after a single-dose vaccine. Since then Publix, Winn-Dixie, Costco, Trader Joe’s, Walmart, and Sam’s Club, among others, have announced that fully vaccinated customers do not have to wear masks as long as there are no local mask requirements. “If it is not required, I don’t mind,” said Yahima Fuentes. Southeastern Grocers, the parent company of Winn-Dixie, Fresco y Más, and Harveys Supermarket, said in a statement that they will “fully vaccinated customers and associates to shop and work in our stores without masks (subject to local government restrictions).
