{"id":1306909,"date":"2022-02-17T14:52:36","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T19:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1306909"},"modified":"2022-02-17T14:52:40","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T19:52:40","slug":"publix-drops-mask-requirement-for-vaccinated-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/publix-drops-mask-requirement-for-vaccinated-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Publix Drops Mask Requirement for Vaccinated Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpublix-drops-mask-requirement-for-vaccinated-workers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1306909&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Publix is one of the latest major grocery chains to modify its mask mandate for employees, now allowing fully vaccinated workers to forgo masks while on the job.<\/p>\n<p>The grocery chain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publix.com\/faq\/coronavirus\">made<\/a> the announcement on its coronavirus FAQ page, reiterating that it does not require customers to wear a mask in the store. While it did, however, require employees to wear a mask, it modified that requirement. As of February 14, fully vaccinated employees no longer have to wear a mask while working. The company attributed the move to a \u201cdecrease\u201d in coronavirus cases and the mass availability of the vaccine:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>As a result of the decrease in COVID-19 cases and wide availability of the vaccine, fully vaccinated associates have the option not to wear face coverings beginning Feb. 14, 2022, unless required for their job duties or by a state or local order or ordinance. Pharmacy associates, regardless of vaccination status, are still required to wear face coverings when administering vaccines.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The move coincides with Walmart <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/14\/walmart-drops-mask-requirements-for-vaccinated-workers\/\">dropping<\/a> its mask rule for vaccinated workers as well, affecting its roughly 1.6 million employees. However, like Publix, workers in \u201cclinical care\u201d settings must remained masked up.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">Several blue&nbsp;state leaders this past week have announced the end of mask requirements in their states as well, including&nbsp;New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D), Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, and&nbsp;Delaware Gov. John Carney (D).&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13879252\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/phil-murphy-mask-AP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13879252\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/phil-murphy-mask-AP.jpg\" alt=\"New Jersey Gov, Phil Murphy encourages residents to continue wearing face masks while in public during a coronavirus daily news briefing at the War Memorial building in Trenton, N.J., Friday, June 19, 2020. (Tariq Zehawi\/The Record via AP, Pool)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (Tariq Zehawi\/The Record via AP, Pool)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">However, President Biden believes these moves are&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u201cprobably premature,\u201d as he continues to promote masking, requiring them on public modes of transportation,&nbsp;despite the fact that prior to taking office, he&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/14\/joe-biden-probably-premature-remove-coronavirus-mask-mandates\/\">pitched<\/a>&nbsp;\u201cjust\u201d 100 days of masking to the American people.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">While Dr. Anthony Fauci <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/16\/anthony-fauci-insists-blue-states-lifting-mask-mandates-nothing-politics\/\">insisted<\/a> that states&nbsp;dropping their&nbsp;remaining mask mandates has&nbsp;nothing to do with&nbsp;politics,&nbsp;prominent&nbsp;conservatives, such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), said the timing is suspicious, as the&nbsp;science has not changed. Rather, they say Democrats are simply&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/09\/tom-cotton-blasts-democrat-hypocrisy-on-masks-the-science-hasnt-changed-theres-an-election-coming\/\">making<\/a> these&nbsp;moves because of the upcoming midterm election, hoping the American people forget the rules and&nbsp;restrictions they imposed upon&nbsp;them the past two years.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16731608\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1231107184.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16731608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1231107184.png\" alt=\"White House Chief Medical Adviser on Covid-19 Dr. Anthony Fauci (C) looks on as US President Joe Biden (L) tours the Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, February 11, 2021. (Photo by SAUL LOEB \/ AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Anthony Fauci (C) looks on as US President Joe Biden (L) tours the Viral Pathogenesis Laboratory at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, February 11, 2021 (SAUL LOEB\/AFP via Getty Images).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Publix is one of the latest major grocery chains to modify its mask mandate for employees, now allowing fully vaccinated workers to forgo masks while on the job. 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