CDC guidance offers new hope for fully vaccinated people
Those who are fully vaccinated can gather with other vaccinated people indoors without wearing a mask or social distancing, according to long-awaited CDC guidance. Author: Eleanor Tabone (WLTX), Associated Press Published: 9:58 PM EST March 8, 2021 Updated: 11:07 PM EST March 8, 2021
COLUMBIA, S.C. In long awaited guidance released Monday, the CDC says people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can safely visit with other vaccinated people and small groups of unvaccinated people in some circumstances, but there are still important safety precautions needed.
The guidance is designed to address a growing demand, as more adults have been getting vaccinated and wondering if it gives them greater freedom to visit family members, travel, or do other things like they did before the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world last year.
For almost a year now, weâve been hearing the same advice to stay safe.
âWash your hands, wear the mask, distance from other people,â said Dr. Helmut Albrecht, the Medical Director of Infectious Disease Research and Policy for the University of South Carolina and Prisma Health.
But, there are a lot of people who havenât been listening.
With St. Patrickâs Day and spring break right around the corner, experts say we are likely going to see a rise in COVID-19 cases around the state.
âI donât think itâll be anything close to what we had over the Christmas holidays,â Albrecht said. âBut we really donât want any more surges.â
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SC doctors say side effects from COVID-19 vaccine are normal By Caroline Coleburn | February 16, 2021 at 7:42 PM EST - Updated February 17 at 10:12 AM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Doctors say itâs normal, and in fact, likely you could feel a little sick after getting your COVID vaccine. But they donât want the fear of side effects to stop you from getting the lifesaving shot. Those flu-like symptoms are also a good thing, according to Dr. Helmut Albrecht, chair of the Prisma Health-University of South Carolina Medical Group, and Dr. Francisco Albert, Lexington Medical Center hospitalist.
âWe actually like to see that because it shows the vaccine is working in you,â said Dr. Albrecht. âI had a little headache and a little fever the first night and then was fine.â