Richard Feldman
This guest column was written by Richard Feldman, MD, former Indiana State Health commissioner.
Many states, including Indiana, have extensively or totally eliminated COVID-19 restrictions. Additionally, the CDC recently issued the recommendation allowing fully vaccinated individuals to shed their masks, and that social distancing is unnecessary for them in most indoor situations regardless of the vaccination status of others present. There are some exceptions like public transportation and health-care facilities.
The CDC recommendation is reflective of the high efficacy vaccines provide against COVID-19 including the newer variants currently circulating in the U.S. It’s also an indication that we now know that vaccinated people have extremely low asymptomatic infection rates and rarely spread the virus to others.
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