The COVID vaccines are rolling out daily and, finally, the CDC has released guidelines on who can do what if they’re vaccinated.
But before the celebration begins, there’s a caveat: You can hug your grandkids again, get a haircut or that cavity you’ve been waiting for a year to get filled — but only if you’re fully vaccinated, and then only with a few more caveats.
For example, vaccinated people should still avoid crowds and travel — unless they’re visiting with small groups of other vaccinated people. If everybody in that small group is vaccinated, then it’s OK to shed your mask and just be cautious about social distancing.
Calling this a “return of freedoms,” CNN Politics said to those who still haven’t taken the vaccine: “The glimpse of post-vaccination liberation could offer a new incentive to buckle down with social distancing and masking for just a few months longer,” and perhaps “also encourage vaccine skeptics to step forward to help create the herd immunity in the population needed to stop Covid-19 spreading.”
SOURCE: CNN Politics March 9, 2021