The word is the CDC now thinks that vaccinated people can stop wearing masks outdoors….
The agency is saying that outdoor transmission of the virus is a smaller risk….
Of course people have been taking off their mask after leaving indoor place for a while either they are vaccinated or not….It will be up to individual’s on when they they might be comfortable with the changes….Mask wearing IS still required in most indoor situations…
America is slowly trying to emerge from the pandemic ….
One should remember that going back to work by crowded public transportation to crowded office space is a LONG way off if ever for a large amount of Americans…
In addition?
Travel seems to also be something few are embarking on…
Things ARE gonna take time…
Anthony Fauci, Biden’s top medical adviser and the government’s leading infectious diseases expert, hinted in an interview on Sunday that updated guidance on masks was in the works….
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Studies have consistently found the risk of transmitting COVID-19 is significantly reduced when outdoors, particularly when individuals are socially distanced. Experts have increasingly questioned the need for mask use outdoors given the rising percentage of Americans who are vaccinated against the virus.
Washington, D.C., New Jersey, Massachusetts and Virginia are among several states that have some type of mandate requiring residents to wear masks when outdoors.
Multiple sources wondered if the loosening of masking guidance will make much difference in the immediate future, with one suggesting it may be “too little too late.” A handful of states have already lifted mask mandates, and some Americans have already stopped wearing masks outdoors as the weather warms….
Note …
CDC edicts (even from President Biden) are recommendations …
Each state (And sometimes local officials) sets its own health rules and orders…
Props to Republican Gov Jim Justice of West Virginia for offering $100 savings bonds to 16-25 yr olds for getting vaccinated.
Seriously?
Not a bad look…..
I’d like to see how successful?