ALLENTOWN (TNS) — OK, Pennsylvania, let’s get creative.

Now that the nation’s leading health authority finally has offered advice for how people vaccinated against COVID-19 can begin to resume a normal life, let’s take advantage of it.

Business owners should craft plans to offer reasonably sized events catered strictly to those who have gotten their shots. And state regulators should be flexible and allow those events to occur.

There are plenty of opportunities.

Theater owners could hold movie showings. Gym owners could hold workout classes and host basketball, soccer, hockey and other sports.

Concert halls could hold small performances. Restaurants could reserve separate rooms for groups. Pro sports teams could set aside luxury boxes.

And nursing homes finally could welcome back visitors.

I came up with those ideas in just a few minutes. Creative business owners surely could rattle off more.

All of this, of course, is predicated on people being honest and willing to show proof of vaccination cards. No card, no entry.

And it’s going to require work on the part of gyms, theaters, restaurants, nursing homes and other venues to set up a system to verify attendees have gotten their shots. Yes, that could be a lot of work. But it also could be more business.

Now, let’s not go overboard. But under the guidelines released Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, plenty should be able to occur, with proper precautions.

The agency said those who are fully vaccinated can gather with other vaccinated people indoors without wearing a mask or social distancing. Fully vaccinated means it’s been more than two weeks since getting the final dose of the two-dose Moderna or Pfizer vaccine, or a single dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

The CDC said gatherings should be kept small, per state and local standards. So I’m not suggesting we pack arenas, stadiums or your neighborhood pub with vaccinated people. That’s likely not an option anyway, as there are only 1 million Pennsylvanians fully vaccinated, and only 31 million people nationwide.

Safeguards would have to be taken to protect unvaccinated staff at gatherings. That means even vaccinated people should be required to wear masks when arriving, departing, ordering food and having other interactions. Separate entrances should be used when available.

The CDC said it’s still unclear if vaccinated people can spread the virus, so they have the responsibility to protect others who may still be at risk of getting seriously ill or dying because they haven’t been lucky enough to get their shots yet.

This is the moment we’ve been waiting for, Pennsylvania. Let’s make the most of it.

(Paul Muschick is a columnist for The Morning Call of Allentown.)