Posted on 04/27/2021 10:16:19 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
(Reuters) - Fully vaccinated people can safely engage in outdoor activities like walking and hiking without wearing masks but should continue to use face-coverings in public spaces where they are required, U.S. health regulators said on Tuesday.
The updated health advice comes as more than half of all adults in the United States have now received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
"The release of these new guidelines is a first step at helping fully vaccinated Americans resume activities they had stopped doing because of the pandemic, while being mindful of the potential risk of transmitting the virus to others," the CDC said.
Wearing face masks has been considered by experts as one of the most effective ways of controlling virus transmission. With most COVID-19 transmission occurring indoors, and vaccinations on the rise, the use of masks outdoors has been under public debate for weeks in the United States as Americans look to enjoy the benefits of being fully vaccinated.
New COVID-19 cases have dropped 16% in the last week as the U.S. surpassed 140 million people having received at least one shot of authorized vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson's one-dose vaccine.
This was the biggest percentage drop in weekly new cases since February, according to a Reuters analysis of state and county data.
SMALL OUTDOOR GATHERINGS
The agency said fully-vaccinated Americans can safely dine outdoors with friends from multiple households at restaurants and attend small outdoor gatherings with a mixture of fully vaccinated and unvaccinated people.
CDC continues to recommend masking for crowded outdoor events such as parades and sporting events and indoor visits to the hair salon...
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And so it starts, where vaccinated folks get enhanced privileges. Of course this “privilege” is a trifle, but wait until the government really ratchets up the pressure to submit.
It’s not Trump’s vaccine. Joe Stolen mixed it up in his basement during the campaign, dontcha know. That’s why he was always down there.
Lol. CDC. LOL. Utah is open now. GTF Fauxi, you mass murderer.
Nuremberg trials needed again for CDC, CCP, Whitmer, Cuomo and other atrociteurs.
In January 2020 my wife (who works at a University in the economics department which was filled with Chinese graduate students freshly back from China at the time) and I and half the people I work with came down with the worst flu of our lives, just before the Scandemic began. It took weeks to clear out our lungs.
I am absolutely positive I already had the Wuhan flu.
I gave blood this morning and the Red Cross tests all blood for Wuhan flu antibodies so they can use blood for Wuhan flu therapy.
The good news is I get to find out if I have the antibodies on their website in a couple of weeks.
If I have the antibodies I am going to find a lawyer who wants to file a class action suit against forcing people who have already had Wuhan flu to take the uproven emergency-approved Wuhan flu vaccine.
Just got back from Kroger in a red area of the formally red state of Georgia. Still around 75% in the Fauchi flock.
Heh. I’ve not taken the vaccine and I’m unmasked everywhere, though it involves some fun fights with waitresses and flight attendants, which is why I choose to avoid restaurants and flying now. Not worth the trouble.
Yes, but you don’t have to wear one. :)
why should anyone believe anything that the cdc, fauxi, and the scientific community says about a so called “deadly virus” when they refuse to speak up about the dangers of our feral government opening the border, inviting, and then distributing thousands of disease carrying invaders across our country during a so called “global pandemic”???...
So, even or especially if you have been "vaccinated" you still can spread the disease. Got it!
FU CDC.
Even a 0.00001 percent chance of spreading would be considered “potential” to the fearporners.
“Papers! Show me your papers now! What? You have no papers, and you are outside maskless?!” Levels Luger at violator’s head, pulls trigger. Poignant scene from Schindler’s List comes to mind, which I failed to find on You Tube.
OMG OMG OMG thank you massa, thank you so much. SMH, screw you, I’ve NEVER worn a mask outside or in my vehicle and once I get into a store I pull it down, no one says a word. Oh they look alright, but no one (so far) has said anything.
The data from Israel shows that vaccination blocks 94% of asymptomatic infections and 97% of symptomatic infections. So it’s not perfect (virtual no vaccines are; the smallpox vaccine was only 95% effective). That’s still vastly improved odds for everyone.
Hustle them back across the border on that basis.
I’ve been muzzle-free all along. I don’t need some government lapdog telling me how much air I can breathe.
Never did, never will.
> I’ve been going outside without a mask since the beginning.
me too, thought that if you could get it through random wind born particles we’d all be dead anyway.
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