Posted on 07/27/2021 12:42:22 PM PDT by lightman
July 27 (UPI) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday recommended that vaccinated Americans again start wearing masks indoors, citing new scientific data on how the Delta variant of COVID-19 spreads.
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky told reporters the Delta variant -- which is now the dominant COVID-19 variant in the United States -- "behaves uniquely differently" compared to earlier strains.
"The Delta variant is showing every day its willingness to outsmart us," she said.
In "rare" cases in which a fully vaccinated person is infected with the variant, they may be able to spread the virus, she added. To prevent that spread, the CDC updated its guidelines to encourage fully vaccinated people to wear a mask in indoor public spaces in areas of high transmission of COVID-19.
Walensky also said anyone inside a K-12 school -- students, teachers, administrators and visitors -- should wear a mask regardless of vaccination status.
The move is a step back for the CDC after the agency said in May that vaccinated Americans no longer needed to wear masks indoors.
The change has been driven by the spread of the Delta coronavirus variant, which is a more contagious version of COVID-19.
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The coronavirus has made a return to many states -- such as those in the South that have low vaccination rates and Western states such as Arizona and Wyoming.
According to the latest data from the CDC, almost half of all counties in the United States are now listed as a "high" risk area for coronavirus transmission. That share is almost 20% higher than it was seven days ago.
Another 17% of U.S. counties are listed as having a substantial transmission risk. RELATED CDC: Vaccinating half of teachers in Philadelphia reduced COVID-19 rates by 95%
State health officials and the CDC have said that 95% of COVID-19 patients who are being hospitalized were not vaccinated. Despite the greater spread of the Delta variant, even among the vaccinated, Walensky said vaccines reduce symptomatic cases of the Delta variant by seven-fold and hospitalizations by 20-fold.
Hospitals in Alabama, Louisiana and Missouri have reported crowded conditions in intensive-care units due to the rise in cases. Patients have ranged in age from 30 to 60.
To prevent that spread, the CDC updated its guidelines to encourage fully vaccinated people to wear a mask in indoor public spaces in areas of high transmission of COVID-19.
What the Karans and Gavins will focus on:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday recommended that vaccinated Americans again start wearing masks indoors
READ THE WHOLE RELEASE!
Most effective vax ever!
And they wonder why people like me won’t take the jab.....why bother?
“The Delta variant is showing every day its willingness to outsmart us,” she said.
Oh, Please! It’s a virus. It doesn’t have a brain and it doesn’t ‘care’ what we do to stop its spread.
The CDC is ‘outsmarting’ itself, or deceiving the public about how much they understand about this virus — take your pick.
Even the most vehement Karen and Gavin have to realize by now this is ALL about control, not health.
It appears the vax turns people into supper-spreaders.
IOW, the vax doesn’t work and they know it.
EXACTLY
Not hard to outsmart a bureaucrat. Not hard at all.
Not hard to outsmart a bureaucrat. Not hard at all.
Anyone that listens to one word of the “CDC” needs to have their head examined.
A boon for the hungry.
And they wonder why people like me won’t take the jab.
I figured it was because Kamala Harris warned against taking a vaccine that had anything to do with the Trump Admin.
If it weren’t for Trump there would be NO vaccine. Let’s NOT play into the hands of the democrats.
All one has to do is see what has been going on at our southern border for the last few months to put 2 and 2 together when we wonder why the increase of cases.
It’s not the vaccine, it’s the Biden Admin.
Probably wasn't that hard.
To prevent that spread, the CDC updated its guidelines to encourage fully vaccinated people to wear a mask in indoor public spaces in areas of high transmission of COVID-19.
Cool, I've been an unmasked, unvaccinated person for 20 months now and will continue to be.
They’ll never admit the shots aren’t working as stated in getting them. I’m frankly tired of hearing about it....again!......It’s following the same pattern as before by the so called experts when in fact they still aren’t anymore certain about ‘any’ of this than they were when it was first reported.
IOW, the vax doesn’t work and they know it.
Are you implying that Kamala Harris had been correct the whole time when she warned against taking the “Trump Vaccine”?
The utterly UNCONSTITUTIONAL CDC needs to SHUT THE F UP and needs be liquidated immediately. The CDC itself along with the rest of the unconstitutional portion of the feds is the greatest risk to our health and wellbeing.
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