Covid 19 coronavirus: What you can do post-vaccine, and when
22 Dec, 2020 01:48 AM
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Those who have been vaccinated might need to hang onto their masks for a while. Photo / Getty Images
New York Times
By: Claire Cain Miller, Margot Sanger-Katz and Katherine J. Wu
Particularly in the early months of vaccination, many activities should wait, experts say and plan to keep your masks. Vaccines are here, bringing hope of the pandemic s end. But even when you get your dose, it won t mean an immediate return to life as you knew it.
Scientists cite several reasons for staying masked and cautious as you start your post-vaccine life. Vaccines don t offer perfect protection; we don t yet know whether vaccinated people can spread the virus; and coronavirus is likely to continue its rapid spread until a large majority of the population is vaccinated or has survived a natural infection.
Updated December 19, 2020 6:34 p.m. EST
By Tara Parker-Pope, Claire Cain Miller, Margot Sanger-Katz and Quoctrung Bui, New York Times
The United States moved one step closer to getting back to normal this past week with the first COVID vaccinations of health care workers around the country. While the majority of Americans won’t get their shots until spring, the vaccine rollout is a hopeful sign of better days ahead. We asked Dr. Anthony Fauci as well as several public health researchers and health and science writers for The New York Times for their predictions about the months ahead. Here’s what they had to say.