Mexico has been a great place to travel to recently for North Americans (and really anyone else) who is tired of the lockdowns and various other regulations that are in most of their own countries. Mexico has been very laid-back about basically anything related to Covid and for my friends that are living there they are thinking that at least in the major areas, that things could start to become a lot less "free" very soon.
This is just a warning to anyone that is thinking of going on vacation or even moving to Mexico in the near future.
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In most of Mexico there are people sporadically wearing masks and for most shops that you enter the staff will be wearing them, however, and I kind of appreciate this, outside of major areas like the one pictured above the general consensus is that it is up to the individual whether or not they feel it is necessary to wear them. I'll leave that debate for other people to have but for me, unless I am required to wear one, I will opt to not do so because I don't believe they actually do anything. If I am in an area where everyone else is masking up, I will do so but for the most part it all seems quite silly to me. Anyway, forget about that.
A friend of mine that lives in Mazatlan recently forwarded this and my Spanish is a bit dusty so she translated it for me. Basically it is suggesting that several larger areas are proposing that in order to go to public places that people will be required to show proof of vaccination in order to get in.
This bodes very poorly for people that are opposed to getting the vaccination and even worse for people who moved to Mexico to get away from regulations. However, this is Mexico we are talking about so it probably shouldn't be too difficult to get a fake certificate or even a real one if you are one of the people that wants the vaccine.
Other places were contemplating doing the same thing but some places, such as Quintana Roo, faced backlash from the populace when this was proposed and they immediately backpedaled and said that it was just a recommendation and that they will not be requiring it. They will leave it up to the various businesses if they want to have this policy themselves and honestly, I like the sound of that better.
At the moment the people I know that live and work in Mexico are a little concerned about regulations but also tell me things that I cannot confirm but will take their word on it because they live there: They tell me that the cartels, not the government, make the rules in certain areas and at least for now, none of the government orders are being observed in smaller communities.
So if you are the type of person that wants to get away from government regulations as far as Covid is concerned, Mexico is probably still a good choice, but you may wish to stay away from the big cities at least for now.