In Quick Reversal, CDC Now Recommends Indoor Masking, Citing Delta Variant 'Breakthrough' Infections

Emily Mangiaracina : Jul 28, 2021
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The CDC is admitting to breakthrough COVID-19 cases among the fully vaccinated, which they attribute to a 'delta variant' and are using as a justification for masking.

[LifeSiteNews.com] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky announced that the CDC is now recommending that the fully vaccinated mask indoors in places with high COVID-19 spread.  (Image: Pixabay)

"To maximize protection from the Delta variant and prevent possibly spreading it to others, wear a mask indoors in public if you are in an area of substantial or high transmission," reads the updated CDC guidance for the fully vaccinated. 

A CDC coronavirus transmission trackercolor-codes areas of the United States according to CDC reports of their COVID-19 transmission. Texas and Florida, as well as much of the South, are indicated to have high transmission rates. The Northeast and Upper Midwest are shown as having low rates of viral spread.

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Walensky also "made a plea for schools to encourage masking," reported KHOU 11, that included recommendations that all students, staff, and school visitors mask indoors.  

The decision comes two months after the CDC updated their mask guidance to say that those fully vaccinated against COVID-19 could forgo masks indoors. 

On Sunday, White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said on CNN that mask guidance changes were "under active consideration." 

Just days earlier, Fauci told CNBC that US officials were concerned about an apparent increase in breakthrough COVID-19 infections in the fully vaccinated. He laid the blame on the Delta variant of the virus, arguing that it spreads more easily than previous variants... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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