{"id":35289,"date":"2021-05-17T18:33:01","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T01:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=35289"},"modified":"2021-05-17T18:33:01","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T01:33:01","slug":"mandate-lifted-for-vaccinated-people-in-national-parks-federal-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=35289","title":{"rendered":"Mandate lifted for vaccinated people in national parks, federal buildings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The federal government is lifting mask requirements for vaccinated people in its buildings and in national parks following last week\u2019s updated guidance from the CDC.<\/p>\n<p>A notice from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) sent to all federal government agencies lifts the mask requirement for anyone two weeks post-vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a change not only for the nation\u2019s more than 2 million federal workers but any contractor or visitor to a federal facility, including post offices and at the country\u2019s more than 400 national parks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What OMB said:\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cIf you are fully vaccinated (at least 2 weeks past your final dose), you are no longer required to wear a mask,\u201d the memo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you are not fully vaccinated (at least 2 weeks past your final dose), please continue to wear a mask consistent with the requirements set forth in your agency workplace safety plan,\u201d the agency continued.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For national parks:\u00a0<\/strong>All visitors, regardless of vaccination status, are required to wear masks on public transportation within parks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsistent with CDC recommendations, people who are not fully vaccinated must continue to wear masks indoors and in crowded outdoor spaces,\u201d the National Park Service\u2019s website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The federal government is lifting mask&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35289"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35290,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35289\/revisions\/35290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}