They actually were able to to bump up their their vaccination rates." "And from the experience in New York, it was actually very successful. "An important thing is to think, 'What is the goal,' right? What is the goal of those policies? The goal of this policy is - and looking at what's been done in New York - is to encourage as many people as possible to get vaccinated," Assoumou said. New York's COVID rates have soared in recent weeks, despite having a high vaccination rate of approximately 82.5% of adults fully vaccinated. "And that's where vaccination and testing are very important measures." If the policy isn't impacting the case count, why implement it? "I think that there's probably some degree of transmission in public venues, but probably a lot of it is in the home setting," Hamer said. Shira Doron said that cluster analysis data from the state Department of Public Health indicates that the vast majority of transmission occurs in people's homes, while very little transmission takes place in grocery stores, restaurants or other public spaces. However, on last week's episode of COVID Q&A, Tufts Medical Center's Dr. Top Boston doctors talk pandemic strategy as cases surge in Massachusetts, including whether a mask mandate is warranted, and share what they've learned about the omicron variant on NBC10 Boston's weekly "COVID Q&A" series. "These are the places where you're more likely to have transmission." "If you pay close attention, you will notice that the places that have been selected are places that have been shown in literature to have an increase in transmission," she said. And I think that this is trying to assure that people are vaccinated is helpful."Īssoumou noted that Wu's proof of vaccination policy focuses on public places like restaurants, gyms and indoor entertainment venues including theater shows or sports games. "I think it's really hard to have a completely foolproof system when you have people going to restaurants and places where they're going to be taking their masks off. "I think this is a good step," Boston Medical Center's Dr. Earlier this week, however, New York reported a record number of coronavirus cases in one day, the New York Times reported. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio ordered a similar mandate at the beginning of December in an attempt to prevent a spike in cases during the holiday season and the winter months. "We're hoping that the same will be seen in Boston," she said. Starting on March 1, children over age 5 will be required to be vaccinated as well.īoston Mayor Michelle Wu announced a new proof of vaccination requirement for restaurants and other indoor venues including gyms and theaters on Monday.Īssoumou said the protocol is modeled after New York City's, which she said has led to a sharp increase in vaccination rates. 15, everyone will have to show proof of two doses.
All patrons and employees will be required to show proof that they have received at least one dose of vaccine. The proof of vaccination requirement for indoor venues will go into effect starting Jan. So we really need to do everything that we can to be able to protect the community and that was our focus." When asked if potential legal implications were considered, Assoumou said, "I'm an infectious disease physician, I'm a public health person and we know what the data are, and we are in a public health emergency. This is a public health emergency, and when we have actual tools that are going to protect the community, we need to do what it is that is needed to be done to make the community as safe as possible. When asked what the panel discussed with regard to personal choice concerns, she said, "These are all very important issues, but you need to remember we're in a pandemic. Sabrina Assoumou, a member of Wu's COVID-19 Advisory Committee who helped craft the policy, said the focus was largely on boosting vaccination rates. Was personal choice taken into account?ĭr. Two infectious disease physicians, including one who sits on Wu's COVID-19 Advisory Committee, said the goal is to get as many people vaccinated as possible during NBC10 Boston's weekly "COVID Q&A" series Tuesday. Republican gubernatorial candidate Geoff Diehl called the policies "clear violations of the civil rights of anyone who lives in, works in, or travels to the city" and said they "will make it even more difficult for Boston's economy to recover from the pandemic."
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