{"id":5942,"date":"2021-05-03T10:00:26","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T17:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=5942"},"modified":"2021-05-03T14:46:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T21:46:21","slug":"cdc-says-face-coverings-no-longer-required-outside-for-vaccinated-individuals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=5942","title":{"rendered":"CDC Says Face Coverings No Longer Required Outside for Vaccinated Individuals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by Juan Sebastian Fragozo\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Center for Disease Control has changed its guidelines, saying that people can safely gather outside without a face covering. The pandemic has everyone in the world exhausted, especially the citizens of states such as California, with a government that has restricted life in ways unimaginable. Most of the policies Governor Newsom has implemented are not backed by data or science.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cToday, I hope, is a day when we can take another step back to the normalcy of before,\u201d CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CDC still says that <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">unvaccinated people should take extra care, like wearing masks at outdoor gatherings that include other unvaccinated people. They are also advised to keep their faces covered when dining at outdoor restaurants with friends from multiple households as a precaution.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe timing is right because we now have a fair amount of data about the scenarios where transmission occurs,\u201d said Mercedes Carnethon, a professor and vice-chair of preventive medicine at Northwestern University\u2019s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientists and academics agree that this will be an incentive for people to get vaccinated. The CDC also hopes these guidelines will help states address the face-covering requirements in each jurisdiction. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>California has updated its COVID-19 restrictions to align with the CDC&#8217;s guidance, meaning vaccinated Californians are no longer required to wear face masks outdoors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photo via CDC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Juan Sebastian Fragozo\u00a0 The Center for Disease Control has changed its guidelines, saying that people can safely gather outside without a face covering. The pandemic has everyone in the world exhausted, especially the citizens of states such as California, with a government that has restricted life in ways unimaginable. 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