Vaccinated? Don’t ditch your mask
Keep your masks on even after getting vaccinated
More and more people are getting vaccinated and that’s a good thing. But we still not a the point where we can go mask-free.
The CDC is warning people to keep their masks on a bit longer. Immunity takes about two weeks to develop so you could still catch COVID-19 even after receiving your vaccination. You’re also not considered fully vaccinated until you have had your second booster shot 4-12 weeks later of either the Pfizer, Moderna or AstraZeneca vaccine. The Johnson & Johnson is the only vaccine requiring only one shot.
More research needed
Like the virus itself, Covid vaccines are new and more research is needed to fully understand their efficacy.
Scientists are still looking for answers as to how well the vaccines work at spreading the virus:.
- Why do some people remain asymptomatic but still pass the virus to others? The numbers are not in yet as to how many people need to be vaccinated before there is population immunity.
- How effective are the vaccines against the new variants of the COVID-19 virus.
Until all these questions are answered the CDC advises people to keep wearing their masks a bit longer and maintain that 6-feet social distance.
When FULLY vaccinated you can
Once you are fully vaccinated with both doses the CBC advises you can
- Take off your mask with other fully vaccinate people
- Travel domestically without a pre- or post-travel test and without quarantining
- Travel internationally without a pre-travel test depending on destination
- Return home from international travel without quarantining, depending on the destination.
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Stay safe out there.