CDC to urge vaccinated people in high-transmission areas to resume wearing masks indoors as delta va
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Source: WaPo
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will recommend on Tuesday that vaccinated Americans wear masks indoors in certain circumstances, citing the highly transmissible delta variant of the coronavirus.
The agency is recommending that vaccinated people who live in high-transmission areas wear masks in indoor public spaces to help prevent viral spread, according to three people familiar with the guidance. It is also advising that vaccinated people with vulnerable people in their households, including young children and those who are immunocompromised, wear masks indoors in public spaces.
In addition, the agency is urging universal masking for all teachers, staff members and students in schools, regardless of vaccination status.
The guidance, to be announced at a 3 p.m. news briefing, would reverse the CDCs May 13 recommendation that vaccinated people did not have to wear masks indoors or outside because of the protection afforded by coronavirus vaccines, according to several people familiar with the decision who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it. At the time, cases were dropping sharply and the delta variant, which is thought to be more than twice as transmissible as earlier strains of the virus, had not gained significant traction in the United States. That guidance had angered some people, including parents with young children ineligible for the vaccines, who feared that relaxing mask rules would put them at greater risk.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/07/27/cdc-masks-guidance-indoors/
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Ocelot II
(115,656 posts)and we are still in a low-transmission status - but it's increasing, and I don't want to take any chances.
C_U_L8R
(44,996 posts)I just got safely back on my routine then the great unmasking happened followed by the unsurprising variant resurgence. Who didn't see this coming?
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)BlueWavePsych
(2,635 posts)plus a spare. Btw, use glue gun to reinforce KN95 straps.
totodeinhere
(13,058 posts)since I am located in a high transmission area. I continue to be upset by the amount of sheer stupidity that I see around me. The county where I live has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the whole country.
IronLionZion
(45,403 posts)It's hot as hell inside my gym so I'm often the only one wearing a mask. I go there just for weights and will do cardio outdoors. The weather is nice enough so we mostly sit outside for dining/bars.
Skittles
(153,138 posts)seriously disturbing how I could see the results better than they could
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