Mass. to lift COVID-19 emergency, vaccine mandate in 8 weeks

Massachusetts to lift COVID-19 emergency, vaccine mandate in 8 weeks

Updated: 6:02 PM EDT Mar 15, 2023

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>> THAT DATE ALLIANCE WITH THE END OF THE FEDERAL PANDEMIC EMERGENCY. THE GOVERNOR ALSO ANNOUNCING AN END TO THE STATE VACCINE MANDATE. THREE LONG YEARS AFTER IT BEGAN AN END TO THE COVE ESTATE HEALTH EMERGENCY. >> WE ARE IN A VERY DIFFERENT PLACE RIGHT NOW, A MUCH BETTER PLACE. >> GOVERNOR HEALEY RESENDING THE VACCINE MANDATE FOR STATE BRANCH WORKERS SAYING WE HAVE REACHED THE POINT WE CAN UPDATE OUR GUIDANCE TO REFLECT WHAT WE ARE NOW. I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE LEADER OF GOVERNOR BAKER AND HIS ADMINISTRATION SAVED COUNTLESS LIVES BY PUTTING THESE IMPORTANT MEASURES IN PLACE IN A TIME OF IMMENSE CRISIS. >> THE NEED FOR A VACCINE MANDATE THAT IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO SHOW UP TO WORK IS A THING OF THE PAST. >> 1000 STATE WORKERS LEFT OR WERE LET GO OVER THE MANDATE. TWO THIRDS OF THE WORKFORCE. >> THIS HAS TAKEN A TOLL ON OUR MEMBERSHIP. >> 20 MEMBERS WERE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE MANDATE. >> WE HAVE THOSE THAT WERE RETIRED FROM THIS, RESIGNED, WE HAVE THOSE THAT WORK SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY AND THEN WE HAVE THE 13 THAT WERE DISHONORABLY DISCHARGED THROUGH THE EXECUTIVE ORDER. >> DOCTORS SAY COVID IS STILL HERE. >> VACCINES HAVE BEEN SO IMPORTANT TO GETTING US TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN 4000 PEOPLE WERE DYING A DAY IN THE UNITED STATES. THAT IS DOWN TO ABOUT 350. >> THE GOVERNOR DOES SAY THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER WAS SUCCESSFUL IN PART. IT INCREASED VACCINATION RATES TO ONE THE 99% AND DEPENDING ON WHICH ROLE YOU HAVE WITH THE

Massachusetts to lift COVID-19 emergency, vaccine mandate in 8 weeks

Updated: 6:02 PM EDT Mar 15, 2023

The remnants of the state's COVID-19 public health emergency will be lifted May 11, the same day the federal public health emergency is set to expire.

The remnants of the state's COVID-19 public health emergency will be lifted May 11, the same day the federal public health emergency is set to expire.

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Mass. to lift COVID-19 emergency, vaccine mandate in 8 weeks