The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended on Tuesday that people vaccinated against the China virus resume wearing masks in schools and in public indoor spaces in parts of the country where the virus is surging, marking a sharp turnabout from their advice just two months ago.
Shelby County Schools already announced that students, faculty and staff would be required to wear masks when classes resume.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FREE KWAM APP — LISTEN TO CONSERVATIVE NEWS AND TALK 24-7 ON OUR AWESOME APP!“In areas with substantial and high transmission, CDC recommends fully vaccinated people wear masks in public, indoor settings to help prevent the spread of the delta variant, and protect others. This includes schools,” Walensky said. The CDC recommends that everyone in grade schools wear masks indoors, “including teachers, staff, students and visitors, regardless of vaccination status.”
CDC REVERSES COURSE: New guidance says people should wear masks indoors, even if you’re vaccinated.
The CDC also urges indoor masks for all teachers, staff, students and visitors to all schools, regardless of vaccination status.
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The pandemic in the United States is very different than it was in May, when it seemed as if the worst was in the past. Confirmed cases are surging in parts of the country with low vaccination rates, and there are more reports of breakthrough infections with the highly contagious Delta variant in fully immunized people.
Vaccines are effective against the worst outcomes of infection, even with the variant, and conditions are nowhere near as bad as they were last winter. But the new guidance amounts to a weary acknowledgment that the lagging vaccination effort has fallen behind the ever-evolving virus. Fewer than 50 percent of the country is fully vaccinated, according to federal data.
“This is not a decision we at C.D.C. have made lightly. This weighs heavily on me,” Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, director of the C.D.C., said at a news briefing on Tuesday.
KWAM will have full coverage of the CDC guidelines on Wake Up Memphis with Tim Van Horn.
Shelby County Schools to Require Students and Staff to Wear Face Masks
