Based on the spread \u2013 the seven-day rolling average of new daily cases has risen from about 100 cases at the end of May to more than 550 on last Friday \u2013 area health officials issued a statement recommending for all people, including those vaccinated, to wear masks when in \u201ccrowded public settings\u201d to help prevent the spread of the virus.<\/p>\n
Virginia Valentine, president of the Nevada Resort Association, told the online news site that she believes the group\u2019s members, which includes casino resorts, would back that move if commissioners called for it.<\/p>\n
\nWe\u2019re going to comply with it,\u201d she said. \u201cWe think it\u2019s an important step.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Some Las Vegas casinos have already taken that step. Las Vegas Sands ordered its employees last Friday, after the SNHD recommendation, and The Westgate Resort and Casino took similar action as well.<\/p>\n
The current spike in cases is not near the scope of either of the two COVID-19 waves that hit the Las Vegas area previously. Back in early December, the seven-day rolling average topped 2,000 cases.<\/p>\n
Despite those spikes, restrictions on Nevada\u2019s gaming industry \u2013 the major economic engine for the state \u2013 have not regressed since the casinos began reopening on June 4, 2020.<\/p>\n
Mask restrictions in Nevada began easing in mid-May. That’s when casino resorts started announcing fully vaccinated guests and employees could go mask-free. An individual is considered fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine or the second shot of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine.<\/p>\n
On June 1, the state officially lifted all pandemic restrictions. But officials issued advice that unvaccinated individuals should continue wearing masks. That was based on a recommendation from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).<\/p>\n
That recommendation went largely unheeded, as crowds thronged to the Strip and other attractions.<\/p>\n
Clark County COVID Vaccinations Lagging<\/h2>\n
While masks will likely be the focus of Tuesday\u2019s discussions among commissioners, one statistic that many in the Vegas area see as key to ending the region\u2019s hotspot status is the vaccination rate.<\/p>\n
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The daily vaccination rate, according to the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services, has dropped steeply for the past three months. In mid-April, Clark County had a peak seven-day average of 25,350 daily vaccinations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
As of Sunday, that average was 4,858.<\/p>\n
Since the start of the COVID-19 vaccination program, nearly 1.9 million shots have been administered in Clark County. Nearly 1.1 million county residents age 12 or older have received at least one shot. That represents 55.6 percent of the 12-and-older population, the age group eligible to receive the vaccine.<\/p>\n
Slightly more than 890,000 eligible county residents have completed their vaccine protocol, and that equates to 45.4 percent of the population.<\/p>\n
Those numbers are now starting to mirror the statewide rates of 55.3 percent and 46.5 percent, respectively.<\/p>\n
Casino Caveat?<\/h2>\n
There\u2019s one thing to note, however. The Nevada Gaming Control Board allowed casinos to operate at full capacity in May, weeks before the state’s official reopening, if management verified that at least 80 percent of its workforce had been vaccinated. It\u2019s an initiative that allowed Wynn Resorts, The Cosmopolitan, The Strat, MGM Resorts International, Station Casinos, and Caesars Entertainment to get to 100 percent gaming capacity earlier.<\/p>\n
While an employees-only mask mandate may be effective at retail stores, restaurants, and other large public spaces, how effective will it truly be in a casino, where the ones masked are likely to be the same people vaccinated? Yes, vaccinated people can transmit the virus. But the CDC has noted that fully vaccinated people have a reduced risk of transmitting to the unvaccinated.<\/p>\n
If Clark County commissioners follow through with the employee-only mask mandate and it does not do enough to stem the tide of cases, it could potentially force their hand to take that mandate to the next logical step.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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