Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology argued that not all indoor settings are the same, varying by size, ventilation, air filtration, occupancy and the nature of the activity.
Even unvaccinated individuals may go without masks when walking, jogging or biking outdoors with household members. CDC also provides clarifications and new guidance for the fully vaccinated related to work, quarantine and testing.
The CDC recommendations for mask-wearing among fully vaccinated people — who can take them off in private but should wear them in public — are “absolutely appropriate,” one expert said.
A pediatrician got the disease seven weeks after receiving her second dose. She is among a tiny but growing number who are contending with this disturbing experience.
“I don’t think we were expecting to find many ticks, but we did, and we found heaps of ticks in big numbers. And they’re infected with diseases,” the study’s lead author said.