What a difference a year makes. Thank you for your consideration, patience, and thoughtfulness during the most stressful times of this pandemic. I've tried my best to keep you all safe in my office and I sincerely appreciate that you've done the same to protect me.
Effective May 29: The Commonwealth’s face-covering order will be rescinded. The Department of Public Health will issue a new face-covering advisory consistent with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s updated guidance.
Face coverings will still be mandatory for all individuals on public and private transportation systems (including rideshares, livery, taxi, ferries, MBTA, Commuter Rail and transportation stations), in healthcare facilities and in other settings hosting vulnerable populations, such as congregate care settings.
The Department of Public Health will issue a public health advisory effective May 29 that advises all unvaccinated residents to continue to wear face-coverings in indoor settings and when they can’t socially distance.
My priority is to ensure a safe environment for the most vulnerable. At this time, there is limited data on vaccine protection in people who are immunocompromised. Therefore I will continue to require you to wear a mask in my office. I understand this may be disappointing. I look forward to seeing your entire face smiling in the near future! Just not yet. So for now we can continue to make weird faces behind our masks. :)
If you are fully vaccinated and may have been exposed to someone with COVID-19 please contact me first. Although the CDC does not require quarantine or testing following a potential exposure, we have to be careful as there are high-risk patients who are pregnant or immunocompromised. I would like to give all concerned parties the option to reschedule.
If you forget your mask I will provide one for a $1 fee that will be donated to Boston Children’s Hospital Pediatric Transplant Center.
I will continue to monitor the guidelines and will update accordingly. Thank you for your understanding!