| A lot of us have opinions on masks. Just ask anyone. Actually, please don't. But for millions of people heading back into the office, the only opinion that matters will soon be their boss's. The decision by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to relax masking and social-distancing guidelines for vaccinated Americans has compelled employers to quickly determine how it should apply in their workplaces. And there are still lots of differing tactics. JPMorgan, Southwest Airlines and Walmart are telling vaccinated U.S. office workers they can drop the masks. Others, such as Citigroup, were keeping the mask requirement heading into this week. M&T Bank and Starbucks will allow inoculated customers, but not employees, to shed facial coverings.
Some are using the honor system, but many will require their workers to upload proof of vaccination to the company network before they can drop the mask.  Starbucks says vaccinated customers, but not employees, can shed their masks. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg The lack of a centralized database of vaccinated Americans or a system employers can use to verify shots—and the legal and privacy ramifications of tracking them—means that calling workers back is shaping up to be just as complicated as it was to send them home. Relying on the honor system for ditching masks risks bringing the acrimony that has roiled the public square into the private office. Either way, the burden is shifting to employers to figure it out. The CDC caught employers and workers by surprise in upending its own policy and announcing May 13 that vaccinated workers can now drop their masks in most situations and no longer need to social distance, while keeping in place restrictions for those who haven't been inoculated. As of Thursday, 40% of U.S. adults were considered fully vaccinated and about 50% have had at least one shot, according to the CDC. The new rules have created a "cascade of confusion," says Neal Mills, chief medical officer for insurance brokerage Aon. Only one client he's aware of has a workforce that is 100% vaccinated, and levels of inoculation may vary widely even within subgroups at the same company. Claims data from companies is often weeks or months out of date, he said. Retaining or adding regular testing will be key to making the new policies work, said Mills, who is also a family physician. Even with a vaccine, Covid-19 outbreaks will likely continue, much in the way measles is still a factor almost 60 years after a vaccine was introduced.—Jeff Green | 
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