A Govt-19 eruption in Bravinstown helped promote the CDC’s mask guidance change. Here’s what residents learned and how they respond

“I personally thought it would be hard to shrink (Govit-19) after receiving the vaccine,” said Ken Hornen, owner of the provincial hotel.

“But I was educated quickly, and since we were all here, I don’t think vaccination gives you the ability to engage in more dangerous activities or else you don’t have to take any precautionary measures,” he told CNN’s Alice Cameroda. Friday.

To prevent further spread, local leaders have reintroduced the mask order for Bravinstown, and fully vaccinated residents and business owners say they will do their part to redouble safety measures and push for more vaccines.

“If you’ve been vaccinated, we’d said you’re almost invincible.

‘A Petri dish for the country’

Debbie Nadolny, director and curator of AMP Gallery in Provincetown, said that although she and her partner and other people she knew in the city had been vaccinated, the mask requirements and other safety measures were soon removed. She often wore a mask even after being vaccinated, encouraging others to do the same when they were in the gallery.

“It seemed to me like common sense to proceed,” he said. “Only half the country … has been vaccinated, we have not yet achieved, you know, 70 or 80% vaccination rate in the country. So why are we celebrating?”

Nadolny said he now enforces masks in the gallery and hopes the city’s order will not be removed at any time. He said the removal of the mask requirements was “wrong” at first, and he hoped other parts of the country would learn from the city’s experience and push for more vaccines and the need for additional masks.

“Bravinstown is a small place, but apparently we were a pet food for the country,” he said.

Roberts, who owns the puzzle shop, said he enforces the mask requirement and if customers do not have a face mask, staff will provide one for themselves. Now that he knows those who have been vaccinated can spread the virus, Roberts said his 7-year-old son is still unfit for a Govt-19 shot so be careful not to get infected.

‘Going in the right direction’

Horgan, the hotel owner, said the explosion was a sobering and eye-opening experience. Local leaders and business owners “worked together” to implement their mask and vaccine requirements, he said. His hotel, like others in the city, now needs proof of vaccination.

“If you plan to travel and you have not been vaccinated, please do not come to Provincetown,” Horgan said. “We really take our health seriously. For our local businesses to survive, we need to be active. To be more active, we need to be healthy.”

According to city manager Morse, there are now 103 active cases in the city.

Morse told CNN Friday that the city is “going in the right direction” with the latest numbers, in addition to the new mask order.

“What we are taking from here is that this delta variant is very contagious, highly contagious, and is likely to cause a progressive infection, but you will not be admitted to the hospital and you will certainly not die,” he said. Said.

“The delta variant is incredibly dangerous for unvaccinated individuals, and while we have a mask command in the short term, our long-term way out of this is really through vaccination.”

Dr. Jane Aaronson, 69, is one of the most fully vaccinated and infected in Provincetown. He said he developed symptoms including shortness of breath, cough and low-grade fever. But the vaccine saved his life, he said.

“That’s what happened,” he told CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Friday. “I immediately realized, ‘I’m scared, but I know this vaccine will work.’