Larry Burkert owns Talk of the Town tavern next to the Great Kills train station; a business that has been around since 1969.

“Nobody cares anymore, it’s like it’s over like it never was. Nobody in the bar wears masks anymore, they don’t wanna sign the book when they get there. They don’t wanna put their cell number down, they don’t want you to take their temperature, they just don’t care anymore. I put the book out to sign the thing for the temperature but people just don’t care anymore” said Burkert.

According to the latest data from the city, Great Kills is the zip code with the highest COVID rates in the city. Staten Island has the highest percent of positive cases out of all the boroughs.

“COVID's not a real thing to people on Staten Island or anywhere unless someone in your family gets sick and passes away. It’s like anything, if it enters your life or your family then people take it seriously” said Burkert.

The borough is about 48% fully vaccinated. The main concern now is new variants and the unvaccinated. The delta variant is now the second most dominant strain in the city. Young adults make up most of the new cases involving the delta variant according to the city’s department of health and mental hygiene.

“Especially young people today they think they’re... I’m 62 when I was 22 I would jump off a building, now I can’t even walk up three steps. Now you’re 21, 22, they’re going to tiki bars, they’re hugging, they’re kissing, and nobody cares,” said Burkert.

Although case numbers on Staten Island are higher than the rest of the borough's, the number of cases still remains low. The city will be putting a mobile vaccine bus at South Beach on Sunday for the fourth of July holiday.