- July 1, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
(Update: Adding video, comments from Bend business owners)
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Mask mandates and all COVID-19 restrictions in Oregon were lifted Wednesday, but businesses can still choose to enforce a policy.
Food 4 Less Store Director Aaron Price said he plans to stick with the revised state guidelines and lift all restrictions.
“It’s just easier,” Price said. “It just avoids a lot of issues which have been going on since, well March of 2020.”
Oregon businesses are now free to go without requiring masks, social distancing and capacity limits, with the state at a 66.1 percent adult vaccination rate, closing in at 70 the percent goal.
Businesses still have the right to require masks and enforce other policies, but Price plans on leaving that decision to the customer.
“If you want to wear a mask, if you feel safer wearing a mask, absolutely we encourage it,” Price said. “And we’ll even still continue to give you a…
