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For those who are fully vaccinated<\/a> against the coronavirus, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Center\u2019s announcement on Thursday, April 13, advises that wearing masks<\/a>\u00a0and maintaining social distance indoors or outdoors is no longer necessary \u2014 signifying a promising return to normal<\/em><\/a><\/span>\u00a0life.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf you are fully vaccinated, you can start doing the things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic,\u201d Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky, the director of the CDC, said at a White House news conference on Thursday. \u201cWe have all longed for this moment when we can get back to some sense of normalcy.\u201d This news comes a day after Republican lawmakers\u00a0<\/span>criticized<\/span><\/a> the federal agency, accusing them of adhering to extensively conservative mask-wearing recommendations and undermining both scientific integrity and public trust. The agency stipulates that fully vaccinated people can go without masks \u201cexcept where required by federal, state, local, tribal, or territorial laws, rules, and regulations, including local business and workplace guidance.\u201d Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and the state of Washington quickly lifted their mask mandates following the recommendation of joining the swath of states who have recently removed mask mandates.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On one front, the latest mask guidance is an auspicious sign for a summer that Americans have longed to revel in and even an incentive for those who are reticent about the vaccine to receive it. The Biden administration has\u00a0<\/span>set<\/span><\/a> an executive goal of inoculating 70% of Americans by midsummer and as of today, over 118 million people (approximately one-third of the population) have been fully vaccinated. <\/span>On another front, many claim the recommendations \u2014 which present an honor code system \u2014 diverge from the road to herd immunity. Dissenting opinions point to how those who have an entrenched resistance to vaccination and masks (which has largely been a partisan stance) are likely to remove their masks without receiving a vaccine. Younger children who haven\u2019t been authorized for the vaccine will potentially return to schools at large come fall and immunocompromised individuals in inaccessible areas are also at risk. The recent recommendation amplifies issues a nation beleaguered by a nearly two-year pandemic and a plateauing inoculation rate is facing. 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