Ready, set, reopen! NM to retire pandemic restrictions July 1

The Albuquerque Journal ^ | June 18, 2021 | Dan Boyd

[CedarDave]

SANTA FE — New Mexico is set to fully reopen on July 1 — with the help of some rounding up to reach a 60% vaccine goal set by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.

The Democratic governor said Friday the state’s push to vaccinate residents against COVID-19 would continue despite the long-awaited reopening.

“Frankly, we need to be better than 60% fully vaccinated,” Lujan Grisham said in a statement. “The variants across the globe and in the U.S. present very serious risks to unvaccinated people, even young people.

State health officials also said that expected vaccine data from Texas and the federal Indian Health Service meant New Mexico was likely within the “margin of error” for the 60% fully vaccinated target, with Department of Health data showing 59.4% of eligible residents had completed their vaccine shots as of Friday.

The governor had set the goal of vaccinating 60% of adult residents by the end of Thursday — a target she said would allow the state to fully reopen July 1 since the vaccines can take two weeks to be fully effective.

However, reaching the goal has proven to be difficult, with vaccination rates in some New Mexico counties — many located in the state’s more conservative east side — still hovering at less than 40%.

While pandemic-related business restrictions will be eliminated July 1, top health officials have said they expect New Mexico will keep in place an emergency public health order of some kind even after lifting the color-coded system.

Human Services Secretary David Scrase has said a face mask requirement for unvaccinated individuals may remain in place, and businesses, Native American tribes and other entities will be able to continue mandating masks for employees, customers and visitors at their discretion, according to the Governor’s Office.

[CedarDave]

Gotta keep the Karen's happy - face mask requirement for the unvaccinated that will impact children and young adults who are likely more at risk from the effects (short and unknown long term) of the mRNA vaccines than from covid itself. Teens still participating in final softball and other school sports continue to have to wear masks though the daytime temperatures have ranged from mid-90's to near 110 the past several weeks in New Mexico.

[CedarDave]

Disgusting Discovery: 2 Moms Send Kids' Masks to Lab for Analysis, Learn How Dangerous They Really Are

[BenLurkin]

“Re-opening” should have been in March/April of LAST year.

Nationwide.

[Jim W N]

But, but, but...

She was having so much fun being a dictator and bossing everyone around.

[CedarDave]

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[KC_Lion]

Only two more weeks!

[Billthedrill]

We re-opened in Idaho in June of 2020. Nothing but piles of dead bodies since. Mounds of them, more than a bulldozer could push into the Snake River canyon. At least 20 million. The entire populations of Slickpoo, Dickshooter, and Beer Bottle Crossing. One guy - his name was Bob - took off his mask and forty million people fell over dead. Fauci tried to warn us but it was too late. Fifty million, easy.

[pnut22]

Those freepers who predicted the pandemic would magically disappear 6 months after the Biden selection were spot on.

[Pollard]

The Democratic governor said Friday the state’s push to vaccinate residents against COVID-19 would continue despite the long-awaited reopening.

Should be democrat, not democratic. We had a three week lockdown. Kids went back to school here last year, no masks, no distancing, no outbreaks. One grocery store I went to finally ditched their masks. They and any other store that had food are the only ones who've been wearing them since last year.

I wouldn't have stayed in a locked down state/city as long as people have. I would have got out of there in 6 months, tops.

[BipolarBob]

The bodies will be stacking up in the street if they reopen! Look at Florida. Crematoriums day and night. The beaches filled with dead bloated bodies. Sand sharks tunnel up and carry them off as fast as they die relieving part of the burden. But still. Opening this soon.

/sarc

[packrat35]

Looks like the facemask is going to be the new star of David to separate us after them deem us able to get our rights back if vaccinated!

[packrat35]

It was rather obvious.

[packagingguy]

This might seem weird but a friend said he saw an interview with a former CIA operative who said the pandemic was purposeful and would be over by July of 2021. This friend can spin some tall tales but he might be spot on with this one, he told us this last summer.

[PGalt]

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[Mr. Jeeves]

This might seem weird but a friend said he saw an interview with a former CIA operative who said the pandemic was purposeful and would be over by July of 2021.

Even Leftist governors can see the huge tax revenue shortfalls bearing down on them. Now that Trump is gone, the theater can be suspended until it becomes politically necessary to resume it.

[ncalburt]

Just wait until 2022.
Only the red states will have outbreaks and corp lefty liar media hysteria .b

[Roccus]

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Indoor mask mandate ends in WV tomorrow June 20, West Virginia Day.

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[vigilante2]

Interesting how government knows the exact date covid will be gone

[Dick Bachert]

5 1/2 minute video:
https://www.brighteon.com/0f094e2e-4fc1-406d-afdb-48dbcdde59a8

[.44 Special]

For just a second there I thought NM was National Match. Shows where my head is.