Fully vaccinated individuals now spared of masks in the casinos in Vegas

[oHnK]

These people who are now vaccinated will not care if they could infect other people, but I guess since the news only says that it will be possible only within the premises then I guess that's reasonable. let's just hope that their family is also vaccinated so when they go home they would not infect their families. I don't know the number of people getting the vaccine already but this move is very confident and it's telling that soon they will be living in a normal world as the vaccine has given to everyone already.

Actually, it is true, they can infect other people easily in this manner.
And when they go home, another risk to take. So it is up to the person if he wants that kind of risk.
Even if they are allowed not to use mask, it is still their prerogative if they want to be safe from others.
This will be good if almost all their constituents already got their shot, but I believe the percentage is not enough.
As it says below site, only about 36.7% of the total US population got their shot so far.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/01/28/960901166/how-is-the-covid-19-vaccination-campaign-going-in-your-state

That's a big percent already, and I'm sure it's growing in numbers as vaccines are produced consistently, also, I believe that there are people who are not willing to get vaccinated so we can never reach that 100%. For people who are always going out, they should get a vaccine and their family as well, maybe the virus would not lead to serious health damage of some but there are people who are already dying from this virus so it should not be taken from granted.

Interestingly, there are many cases that occur when the second vaccine injection, patients experience unexpected symptoms.  I also do not wish to be vaccinated for various personal considerations.  Casinos are a big gathering place for people and actually vaccines will help alleviate the spread of this pandemic but will not eliminate it 100%.  I prefer online gambling rather than taking enormous risks for myself and my family.

[ene1980]

As a whole the decision was made on May 13. Some licenses might be more restrictive as compared to the others.

I do feel like there is another reason for you guys to be vaccinated! You can actually experience normal casinos like before pandemic if you do wear the mask and follow the protocols.

There was a huge pressure on the authorities to start things as the economy was falling and some of the states were open and accepting huge crowd and events and when you see other states like Texas not having any restrictions and they are open for business the authorities in Nevada and other states which have implemented restrictions will be forced to open and hopefully everything will be back to normal as everyone is tired about these restrictions.

[pawanjain]

Account to the source: https://www.gamblinginsider.com/news/11906/fully-vaccinated-individuals-no-longer-required-to-wear-mask-in-vegas-casinos
Fully vaccinated individuals can now play normally without any masks in the gambling casinos and at the same time it goes for both indoor and outdoor locations in Nevada. The decision was made on May 3.

The Board’s agents will not attempt to confirm vaccination status of patrons. Consequently, unless circumstances change, it is not practical for the Board to attempt to enforce a mask mandate tethered to an individual’s vaccination status.

As a whole the decision was made on May 13. Some licenses might be more restrictive as compared to the others.

I do feel like there is another reason for you guys to be vaccinated! You can actually experience normal casinos like before pandemic if you do wear the mask and follow the protocols.

That's so lame

Just imagine people around you wearing masks to save their lives and you are becoming a corona career by not wearing any mask.
Even if a person is fully vaccinated, it doesn't mean he can't spread covid-19. If he doesn't use the proper precuations like washing hands frequently he can still spread covid-19 and infect others.

Also, this would create a bad impression on others who are wearing the masks in a way. They might feel to get rid of their masks too.
What if a person having covid-19 removes his mask by seeing a person who hasn't wore a mask.

[mu_enrico]

Mask should not be mandatory if you are not showing symptoms, doesn't matter whether you have been vaccinated. If vaccine doesn't work, probably we have to accept it just like a flu. If you cough a lot, wear a mask or better just stay at home.

Healthy individuals shouldn't be obliged to wear a mask *echoing*

Anyway, this "vaccinated = free" policy is good as this pandemic is based on FEAR, not death toll. Once the fear is gone, we will see the economic recovery, especially in the leisure & entertainment sector like land casinos.

[romero121]

This is still unsafe, there is still no assurance that the vaccine will make you 100% covid free, they are making their citizen in the worst scenarios, I never thought that a government will let this thing happen in their country, they should still restrict this kind of thing. Wearing mask and face shield should still implement in that casino so they are still sure that the virus cannot spread easily, wearing it while gambling is not that so big deal, we still need to be careful with this COVID-19 even though we are already vaccinated.

Well said, the pandemic is predicted to last for atleast three more years. The vaccine will give cent percent result if each and everyone take the vaccine. As of now every country is suffering to meet the requirement of vaccine. By this time staying with more precaution is a must than going into casinos. In my country the second wave isn't over yet, but we're asked to stay safe to overcome the third wave.

[OgNasty]

In spite of the mask mandate being “lifted” I still have yet to enter a building where it is permitted to not wear a mask.

I’m also curious how they’re going to enforce this mask freedom only for vaccinated individuals. For example, I’m not vaccinated and have no plans to ever be, nor do I plan to wear a mask anywhere it isn’t mandated. Does this mean I have to live the next few years in fear of being asked for my vaccine paperwork? What happens if I don’t have any? Will I be fined, jailed? Have we really gotten to the point where people believe that vaccines are better than natural immunity?

[worle1bm]

I also heard that Biden government has relieved fully vaccinated persons to be live mask free life and they do not need to wear mask anywhere.But what I personally feel is that until this problem is fully resolved we need to take precautions and be on safe side because virus can hit anybody as I have came across cases with vaccines also.You need to show your certificates or online proof to the casino owners or anywhere you want to travel or you don't know what type of surrounding you are.The world needs to heal from this situations but keep yourself safe first to gamble afterwards.

[YuginKadoya]

I also heard that Biden government has relieved fully vaccinated persons to be live mask free life and they do not need to wear mask anywhere.But what I personally feel is that until this problem is fully resolved we need to take precautions and be on safe side because virus can hit anybody as I have came across cases with vaccines also.You need to show your certificates or online proof to the casino owners or anywhere you want to travel or you don't know what type of surrounding you are.The world needs to heal from this situations but keep yourself safe first to gamble afterwards.

I agree with people with Vaccine is not 100% fully immune to the Covid 19 virus, in fact, I think there is just a 94% effectiveness in any person that is vaccinated people that are vaccinated can still be a carrier of the virus so it is still unsafe to implement a no mask Casino for gambling goers, this could only cause wrong understanding of the situation we are now if we are not the ones preventing the pandemic to boom again I think this kind of establishment will surely cause another surge in people getting infected.

[carlisle1]

I also heard that Biden government has relieved fully vaccinated persons to be live mask free life and they do not need to wear mask anywhere.But what I personally feel is that until this problem is fully resolved we need to take precautions and be on safe side because virus can hit anybody as I have came across cases with vaccines also.You need to show your certificates or online proof to the casino owners or anywhere you want to travel or you don't know what type of surrounding you are.The world needs to heal from this situations but keep yourself safe first to gamble afterwards.

I agree with people with Vaccine is not 100% fully immune to the Covid 19 virus, in fact, I think there is just a 94% effectiveness in any person that is vaccinated people that are vaccinated can still be a carrier of the virus so it is still unsafe to implement a no mask Casino for gambling goers, this could only cause wrong understanding of the situation we are now if we are not the ones preventing the pandemic to boom again I think this kind of establishment will surely cause another surge in people getting infected.

Preventions is better than cure, there's no 100% assurance that those who already vaccinated are free or safe with the virus.

It's still better to continue the protocols especially with close doors in house casinos, we don't know who's the carrier still and not because certain person already vaccinated means that he's can't be a carrier.

Don't put our guards down, it's still wise to keep your safety measures, equipped yourself as always.

[magneto]

Honestly, I don't think this does much in helping Vegas make a recovery.

The fact of the matter is that physical casinos are archaic, outdated, and bound to be replaced sooner or later.

Why trek to somewhere far away to get bad odds when you can virtually do the same thing, be treated by an online VIP host, get more rakebacks and rewards at a lower house edge at an online casino? Not to mention the anonymity that online gambling brings.

It's a industry that is bound to die as a matter of time as the novelty wears off.

[ralle14]

Sounds like a bad decision, as much as we all want things go back to normal it's always better to cooperate with the rest by wearing masks even if you're vaccinated and tbh it's not that bad to wear a mask. Trying to push the situation back to normal this fast could backfire for them but instead of looking at the downsides i'll just hope for the best on their situation since there's not much we can do about it.

[Mahanton]

Sounds like a bad decision, as much as we all want things go back to normal it's always better to cooperate with the rest by wearing masks even if you're vaccinated and tbh it's not that bad to wear a mask. Trying to push the situation back to normal this fast could backfire for them but instead of looking at the downsides i'll just hope for the best on their situation since there's not much we can do about it.

Even myself got vaccinated i do still wear off mask and faceshield when i do go into public places. Having vaccinated doesnt give out 100% assurance that you wont really get infected.
Its better to be prepared than sorry or getting infected still.
They are really that confident that they wont get infected? Lets see if there are news that there some increase in numbers for those who got the virus just because of the new implementation
and letting those people go in public without mask in Vegas.

[Timelord2067]

Honestly, I don't think this does much in helping Vegas make a recovery.

The fact of the matter is that physical casinos are archaic, outdated, and bound to be replaced sooner or later.

Why trek to somewhere far away to get bad odds when you can virtually do the same thing, be treated by an online VIP host, get more rakebacks and rewards at a lower house edge at an online casino? Not to mention the anonymity that online gambling brings.

It's a industry that is bound to die as a matter of time as the novelty wears off.

I've got to admit for me it's a night out on the town - have a meal, something to drink, interact with other people and enjoy the drop of the ball on the Roulette table, or watching the card players sitting hour after hour playing poker, or Texas Hold 'Em.

Live Casino's will always have a place for people to interact socially whereas those who are hard core gamblers will lean towards online services.

Crypto currency Casinos have been a thing for many years now.  If they were going to drive IRL Casinos out of business, they would have done so by now.

[yazher]

Not a very good step to be honest because there are cases which were found positive even after vaccination, so they are risking people's lives by taking such step. I would not visit a casino to gamble and would continue playing online as it saves me from the disease and feels better that I am not going to be a 'possible' reason for someone to get corona through me if I am unknowingly positive.

Yeah this is not right since the other people who are prone to the virus will get affected as well but this is a good result since the pandemic began. we are now seeing some progress at least. If masks are not mandatory anymore to some part of the world, then you can really say that we are winning this battle and will soon get back to normal again. But right now, those people should also be careful as well because they might cause harm to others that are not vaccinated yet.

[stomachgrowls]

Honestly, I don't think this does much in helping Vegas make a recovery.

The fact of the matter is that physical casinos are archaic, outdated, and bound to be replaced sooner or later.

Why trek to somewhere far away to get bad odds when you can virtually do the same thing, be treated by an online VIP host, get more rakebacks and rewards at a lower house edge at an online casino? Not to mention the anonymity that online gambling brings.

It's a industry that is bound to die as a matter of time as the novelty wears off.

Cant really believe that these places would soon be gone even though its outdated but remember that this is where casino games originated from and to say that not all people would really be much preferring
on going online when they do play gambling.

There would be always a different market when it comes to this so i dont really believe that these places will cease to exist.Its true that with this current exclusion out of those people who had vaccinated
do they really think that they are already out of the risk? They shouldnt really be that confident imho.

[ethereumhunter]

I do not want to risk myself by going to the casino, even if I wear masks, because the number of infected people still increases. However, the vaccine is already given to people infected and not infected. It is better to take care of ourselves first and stay healthy than to risk our life to search for satisfying ourselves by playing gambling in a casino. Besides that, we have an online casino that can help us play gambling if we want to play gambling. We do not know if the vaccine can really help us from the virus, as we will need time to know that the vaccine protects us.

None of the vaccines have proven to be 100% effective till now. Both Pfizer and Moderna claims that their vaccines are 95% effective against the infection, while Lancet claims that the Sputnik V has an efficacy of 92% (Sputnik on the other hand claims an efficacy of 97%). Even if you use these vaccines, there is a 5% to 8% chance of getting infected. So it is up to you whether you want to take that chance. And one more thing.. the double-mutant strain that originated in India (B.1.617) has killed a number of people who were fully vaccinated with Pfizer. Fortunately this strain is largely confined to India, but everyone needs to be cautious.

If the government asks us to get vaccines, we better follow what they want because that is one of their programs to give security to their people. Even if no 100% guarantee that the vaccine can work and protect from the virus, we can minimize the virus attack on us. We need to be careful about the spread of the new variant of the virus found in some countries.

We already read what happens in India. I hope the government can work hard and reduce the number of infected people so the number of people killed can reduce.

[Sithara007]

United States never ceases to amaze me. They are the number one economy in the world and the sole remaining super power. And yet some of the citizens behave as if they are uneducated. Why they are so adamant about not wearing masks? Haven't they learnt any lessons from this pandemic, which has so far killed more than 600,000 Americans (the highest death toll in the world)? Also, at this point who is going to visit the casinos, when online gambling can be done from the safety of your home?

[Text]

United States never ceases to amaze me. They are the number one economy in the world and the sole remaining super power. And yet some of the citizens behave as if they are uneducated. Why they are so adamant about not wearing masks? Haven't they learnt any lessons from this pandemic, which has so far killed more than 600,000 Americans (the highest death toll in the world)? Also, at this point who is going to visit the casinos, when online gambling can be done from the safety of your home?

Even worse in India, millions died in just three days.

Are they complacent that their vaccines are effective?  As far as I know, there is no guarantee that a vaccinated person will not be infected with the virus.  Because it can still be positive in the case even after being vaccinated.  Since the pandemic is not over yet, one should still stay in the new normal and still follow health protocols just like wearing facemasks.  The Americans know that many of them do not know how to follow the policy, probably because of the influence of the previous president, and even the leader himself does not want to do the right thing.

They have to get used to it and be a part of it wherever they go in public because they have other people to socialize with.  Sometimes it is the makers and executors who give even more fear and disaster.

[Kittygalore]

This is still unsafe, there is still no assurance that the vaccine will make you 100% covid free, they are making their citizen in the worst scenarios, I never thought that a government will let this thing happen in their country, they should still restrict this kind of thing. Wearing mask and face shield should still implement in that casino so they are still sure that the virus cannot spread easily, wearing it while gambling is not that so big deal, we still need to be careful with this COVID-19 even though we are already vaccinated.

That's what I thought so, being immune doesn't mean that you can't carry the virus which in my opinion is a lapse on judgement on the side of the medical sector because they aren't taking it seriously. Not to mention that with this news, Las Vegas is probably going to see a big spike in the infection in a months time after this implementation. Mask doesn't hinder your gambling so why remove it anyway.

[Jawhead999]

For me wearing mask isn't hurt or disturb my daily activities, in fact I feel strange or something wrong if I didn't wear mask went go to outside. Probably when this pandemic ends, I'll still wear mask when other peoples take it off.

This virus has many variants, some vaccines only work for some variants not all of them. Of course it need a new vaccines to prevent from new variant, so it's always better to wear mask even though you've fully vaccinated.