CDC has just clarified these mask rules for everyone
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, tried to explain the new policy.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced new mask guidelines on vaccinated Thursday people can take off their masks off in most locations, indoors and outdoors and what they thought was Good news has been welcomed with confusion. If shops leave people without mask? If states mask mask mandates? Can you trust someone when they say they are vaccinated? Why, a few days ago, does everyone say CDC should wear a mask? Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, appeared onThis week andFox News Sunday This morning to explain. Read the following for 6 essential points that help clarify the rules and can save your life and to ensure your health and health of others, do not miss theseStresses that you had Covid and you should tell your doctor.
Dr. Walensky said that if you are not vaccinated, you are "Not sure"
"The guidelines we have published on Thursday is about people and what people are at risk of doing" Dr. Walensky said onThis week. "If they are vaccinated, they are safe. If they are not vaccinated, they are not safe. They must always wear a mask or even better get vaccinated. »
Dr. Walensky Said "This is the widespread suppression authorization of the masks"
"We must also say that it is not the authorization for the widespread disposal of the masks," Walensky said. "For those who are vaccinated: it may take some time for them to feel comfortable withdrawing their masks, but also that these decisions should be taken at the level of competence at Community level. Some communities have been harder affected than others have less vaccination rates than others. We wanted to offer science at the individual level, but we also understand that these decisions must be taken at Community level ".
Dr. Walensky explained why he was sure for vaccinated people to take their masks
"Celebrate this moment," said Walensky onThis week. "We are in a place in this pandemic, cases have been down in more than a third, just in the last two weeks. We now have the vaccine in this country, largely available for anyone who wants. And we now have science that really has evolved, even in the last two weeks that shows that these vaccines are safe, they are effective. They work in the people as they did in the clinical trials, they work against our variants, which we have circulating here in the United States. And if you had to develop an infection, why even if you have been vaccinated, that you can not transmit that infection to other people ".
What about grocery stores? Are they in danger, now that Unmasked people can come to the store?
"If the employees are themselves actually vaccinated, they are not in danger," Dr. Walensky said Fox News. "The other thing I want to make sure that everyone understands is that we are not a homogeneous country, right? There are places that have a disease more than others and fewer vaccination rates than others. What I would say is in these communities, they should still be in search of these communities before removing mask policies.
Dr. Walensky was asked, vaccinated people supposed police who are not vaccinated?
"What I would say is unvaccinated people must work to protect himself, the need to continue to hide and better still need to be vaccinated," said Walensky onThis week. "What we are asking our businesses to do because they start thinking about what it means for their workplace, is to make it easy for paid leave for their employees to be vaccinated. She pursued: "We ask people to take their health in hand, to be vaccinated and if they do not do it, they continue to be at risk for the non-vaccinated our policy did not change this. Always ... Getting to a place in this pandemic where we are lucky to be there vaccinated people would be able to remove their mask. With the science we have, and now we have to take this fundamental step that is completely based in science and understand what it means that we open the whole country ".
Dr. Walensky Saïd more specific guidelines will soon be available
So should schools go to the free mask? Companies? The CDC has not yet said directly. "It had to be the first fundamental step we've done to update all our guidelines, thousands of guidance pages," said Walensky on Fox. "We need to update our school boards, our childcare guides, our camp guidance, our travel advice. We have a lot of work we have to do. We are actively working on it now, and we actively do Awareness with the community to do it. "So be vaccinated if you are not yet and to spend life with your healthiest health, do not miss this special report: This popular supplement can raise your risk of cancer, tell experts .
