The default has been to mask, mentioned Wilkins, 39, who’s partially vaccinated. However as soon as he’s totally inoculated, he plans to “act vaccinated,” he mentioned, by easing up on the mask — in half to encourage others to get their vaccines. “I’m not going to be reckless,” he mentioned, “however for us, it’s actually necessary to observe our metropolis and state pointers and ask, ‘What are we modeling in this second?’ ”