mask policies come out which means that millions of americans who are already fully vaccinated will still have to put on masks back on regardless of their vaccination status. now, these are only guidelines from the federal government. it s going to be up to individual cities and states to decide how to handle matters but the white house says it can do it part to increase vaccinations by reimbursing employers to give people time off to get the shot and encouraging states to pay people up to $100 to go get a vaccine, the pentagon is looking to examine when vaccines can be required for u.s. armed forces and federal workers as well as contract workers will be required to a test if they have gotten a vaccine and if they haven t, they will have to wear mask and tested on a regular basis. you heard last night colleague bret baier ask the cdc director whether or not the federal government was looking to mandate mask i m sorry, vaccine shots for people nationwide. here is what she said to say