The CDC said Thursday that those who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 largely no longer need to wear masks or practice social distancing indoors. \"If you are fully vaccinated, you can start doing the things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic,\" CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said. The exceptions are where masks are \"required by federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial laws, rules, and regulations, including local business and workplace guidance,\" the CDC said. Masks are also still required during travel, and the CDC is advising they still be worn when going to doctors, hospitals, or long-term care facilities, as well as in prisons, jails, or homeless shelters. Unvaccinated people remain at risk and should still mask. But \"we have all longed for this moment when we can get back to some sense of normalcy,\" Walensky said, and for vaccinated people, \"that moment has come.\"<\/p>\n
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