Covid-19: C.D.C. Guidance Prompts Caution in Some States
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May 14, 2021, 1:13 a.m. ETMay 14, 2021, 1:13 a.m. ET
Since many states led by Republicans had already eased masking rules, reactions were more obvious in Democratic-led states. The U.S. began the world’s first mass inoculation effort in 12- to 15-year-olds, underscoring the widening gulf in global access to shots.
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University of Missouri students ordering in a restaurant last week. Masks will no longer be required indoors for the vaccinated.Credit.Jacob Moscovitch for The New York Times
“We have all longed for this moment,” Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a White House news conference on Thursday. “If you are fully vaccinated, you can start doing the things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic.”
Dolly Parton has had her second dose of the Moderna COVID-19 jab
The 9 To 5 hitmaker - who donated $1 million to those working on the vaccine - is now fully vaccinated against coronavirus 7 April 2021
A tweet on the country legend s official Twitter page read: Dolly gets a (second) dose of her own medicine. Thank you Dr. Naji Abumrad, Andrea Calhoun and Heather O Dell of @VUMChealth.
Last month, Dolly shared a picture of herself getting the first dose on her social media accounts, which she also captioned: Dolly gets a dose of her own medicine.
The 75-year-old singer had insisted she would wait for her coronavirus vaccine as she didn t want people to think it was a show.