Americans who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus are “safe from the variants that are circulating here in the United States,” the director of …
Americans who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus are “safe from the variants that are circulating here in the United States,” the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Wednesday. “Here in the United States, we’re fortunate,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky told NBC’s “Today” show. “We have three vaccines that we know are safe and effective. We have two-thirds of the adult population that is fully vaccinated, and really quite protected from the variants that we have circulating here in the United States.” When host Savannah Guthrie suggested to Walensky that “the bottom line is, the CDC still says if you are vaccinated, you don’t have to wear a mask,” Walensky answered: “That’s exactly right.” Earlier this week, the World Health Organization (WHO) caused confusion by recommending that vaccinated people continue to wear masks and practice social distancing due to the spread of the so-called “Delta variant” of coronavirus, which was first discovered in India. “I think this is a really important thing to work to clarify,” Walensky said Wednesday. “First, we know that the WHO has to make guidelines and provide information to the world.
