Idaho moves to Stage 4

Coeur d’Alene Press ^ | May 12, 2021 | Bill Buley

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The Department of Health and Welfare announced Tuesday that Idaho continues to thrive during the pandemic and is moving from Stage 3 to Stage 4 of the Idaho Rebounds Plan.

“Thanks to the actions of Idahoans in protecting their neighbors and getting the COVID-19 vaccine, Idaho’s schools and businesses have stayed open longer than almost every other state and we have prevented a crisis in our health care system. The move to Stage 4 signals to Idahoans that we have been open, and we will stay open, and we must keep up the good work,” Gov. Brad Little said.

Under the Stage 4 Stay Healthy Guidelines:

• Idaho remains open with recommendations to protect lives, healthcare access, and the economy.
• Vaccines are encouraged to help keep Idaho open.
• There are no more recommended gathering size limitations, but recommended guidance on how to gather safely is available and encouraged.
• Face coverings are recommended when physical distancing is difficult per guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for vaccinated and unvaccinated people. Face coverings continue to be required for people who are visiting or working in a long-term care facility, to protect vulnerable residents.
• Everyone, including businesses, should follow physical distancing and sanitation recommendations.

• Everyone 16 and older can get a COVID-19 vaccine in Idaho. There are no out-of-pocket costs to anyone who gets the vaccine.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Almost completely back to normal here!

[Disambiguator]

I’m still waiting for Boise to drop the mask requirement (which is widely ignored, especially further out from downtown).

Not holding my breath, given what kind of person occupies the mayor’s office.

[who knows what evil?]

Fraud probably put her in office...who knows?

[backwoods-engineer]

Thanks to the actions of Idahoans in protecting their neighbors and getting the COVID-19 vaccine

This is just communism. How DARE you people pump out propaganda like this?

And you Idahoans think you're free?

[duckman]

Still don’t get this distancing thing. What is the science behind it?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

We went to our favorite coffee shop in Hayden yesterday. Just ONE person leaving the shop wore a mask. Not a single other mask in sight. Then we went to the T-Mobile store and the corporate policy is still everybody entering had to wear one. I got scolded by the young man who waited on us.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The science leads you directly to wearing cool headgear...

The 6-foot social-distancing rule is based on nearly 80-year-old science

[Slyfox]

There are no out-of-pocket costs to anyone who gets the vaccine.

On one of those passing news clips somewhere over the last few months, I heard the CEO of one of the experimental gene therapy makers say that covid would be over this summer and that was when they were going to raise the price of their covid shots to $150 per dose.

Go figure.

[lewislynn]

I heard the CEO of one of the experimental gene therapy makers say that covid would be over this summer and that was when they were going to raise the price of their covid shots to $150 per dose.

Go figure.

Nothing is free. Someone is paying for all those "free" doses.

Go figure indeed.

[Newtoidaho]

The communist C of a mayor in Boise finally dropped the outdoor mask mandate in late April:

https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/boise-mayor-mclean-lifts-outdoor-face-mask-order-extends-indoor-requirement-30-days/277-9051c47a-462e-481c-8f75-8af80ba44a7f

[spudville]

It is based on the average distance a unicorn can fart a rainbow. I hope that helps.

[duckman]

Thanx, that was my first thought!

[RideForever]

Nothing is free. Someone is paying for all those "free" doses.

The persons paying for it are our kids and grandkids who haven't been born yet to object to the debt.

How moral is that?

[Disambiguator]

I never wore one outside, anyway. The cops never showed up.