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The announcement Thursday that the country would be entering a new chapter in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic has led to confusion about who is affected and how quickly life as we ve known it the last 15 months will change. Anyone who is fully vaccinated can participate in indoor and outdoor activities, large or small, without wearing a mask or physical distancing, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said during a White House briefing on Thursday. If you are fully vaccinated, you can start doing the things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic.
But what about children? Businesses? Schools? Families with immunocompromised relatives? More information will come, but here s what we know now:
Wisconsin residents who are fully vaccinated can ditch the face masks and return to activities they did before the COVID-19 pandemic, the stateâs health department said Friday.
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services said it supported the new guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday that fully vaccinated people can largely resume pre-pandemic lives, including not wearing face masks indoors in most instances.
DHS Secretary-designee Karen Timberlake said the new guidance for people who are fully vaccinated, considered to occur two weeks after completing a vaccination series, is âan exciting step forward.â
âThe science is clear: if you are fully vaccinated, you are protected, and you can start doing the things that you stopped doing because of the pandemic,â Timberlake said in a statement.