CDC Guidlines for activities after getting vaccinated are still in clearance stage

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Fri, 2021-03-05 10:06 — mike kraft

What CDC guidelines will likely say (and not say) to do if you're vaccinated The CDC will soon issue guidelines for what the fully vaccinated can and cannot do. They will not be prescriptive, and people will still need to take precautions, but they should give the vaccinated some freedom. Jen Christensen, CNN CNN

.... the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention will soon publish guidelines for the fully vaccinated.

More than 82 million vaccine doses have been given out in the US, and after a year of takeout and Zoom-only visits with mom, the vaccinated want direction.

"I think people need practical advice about how to go about their everyday lives," said Julia Marcus, an infectious disease epidemiologist at Harvard. "I think without guidance, people may make decisions that are not informed."

The Biden administration has been saying it's been working on these guidelines for weeks. They were widely expected to come out Thursday, but they're still in the works, according to an official involved in the drafting process. ...

The official said a draft of the new guidelines likely has been sent to the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services so staff there could be aware ahead of time of what they said. ...

The CDC confirmed that a Politico article accurately characterized the guidelines as recommending that the vaccinated can have social interactions at small home gatherings with other fully vaccinated people.

The guidelines will advise the vaccinated to continue to wear masks in public and keep a good physical distance from others. ...

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