The coronavirus vaccine mandate implemented in Boston is working well across many sectors of the population, Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, executive director of the Boston Public Health Commission, told Jim Braude on Greater Boston Monday.
"Mandates normalize vaccination, they make it routine, standard practice and we know that it works. School-based vaccination works, school-based vaccination mandates work, vaccination amongst workers in healthcare settings — that also works," Ojikutu said.
About 94% of Boston city employees are vaccinatedand almost half the entire city has gotten a booster shot, according to Ojikutu.
The vaccine mandate to enter a restaurant, bar, gym or performance venue in Boston was implemented in January. Ojikutu said she and her team look at metrics such as test positivity and hospitalization every day to determine when the mandate could be adjusted, adding that the mandate is not necessarily meant to be indefinite.
"We will come to what we're calling a threshold, and at that point, we can shift in terms of our policies," Ojikutu said about following the coronavirus trends in the city.
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