People who are fully vaccinated can now safely visit family in town without wearing a mask. That’s the new guidance from the CDC.
After a full year of lock downs and restrictions – fully vaccinated Americans are going to be able to go to a Pre COVID-19 way of living following the new CDC guidelines released on Monday.
“COVID is out there and take it seriously, it hasn’t gone away,” said Lisa Hines. “Get your vaccine it’s important not just for yourself, but your loved ones and the community.”
Over two million people a day are getting vaccinated, the percentage of Americans fully immunized inching slowly upwards.
And for those who’ve received both doses of the vaccine new guidelines released by the CDC on Monday lifts restrictions for some.
“CDC recommends that fully vaccinated people can visit with other fully vaccinated people, in small gatherings, indoors, without wearing masks or physical distancing,” said CDC Director Rochelle Walensky.
But the CDC cautioned the vaccine is not a ticket to safely do whatever or go wherever you like.
“I think the biggest guideline should be caution,” said Sarasota resident Arthur Boyce.
Boyce says though he feels a sense of security being fully vaccinated, he knows new information on COVID-19 continues to be discovered.”
“I hear what the CDC says and I hear what the doctors and people say but if they say it on a Monday it doesn’t mean on Tuesday I’m gonna run and do as they say,” he said.
Lisa Hines a front line healthcare at Sarasota Memorial has also received her two doses of the vaccine. Hines says she remains hopeful the vaccine roll out is enough to put an end to the pandemic and brings a peace of mind to her patients still battling the virus.
“We’ve been dealing with this since last March, so it’s a year now so we’ve seen the worst of the worst and just to kind of have that hope that things can get better. Its huge,” said Hines.
But for Hines being labeled fully vaccinated means that after more than a year she’ll get to see her parents again.
About 10% of the population has been vaccinated, but there’s still great concern about high levels of the virus nation-wide.