Hospitality trade group petition seeks full reopening for Washington by June 15
The Washington Hospitality Association began circulating a petition Thursday calling on Gov. Jay Inslee to reopen the state by June 15 now that there has been “ample time” for residents to access the Covid-19 vaccine.
“For 14 months, we’ve been locked in a global pandemic that has required each of us to make sacrifices. Businesses have closed, hundreds of thousands of children have missed months of school and hundreds of thousands of Washingtonians have lost their livelihoods to keep each other safe,” the petition reads.
It calls Washington to plan to reopen, joining the majority of U.S. states with plans to reopen by the summer.
“Washington’s plan only moves in one direction: Backward, with rollbacks on businesses in an attempt to reduce the spread of COVID. These shutdowns have not previously worked to reduce COVID cases, but have damaged businesses, families, and individuals’ ability to move forward with their lives tremendously,” the petition states.
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