Now that 16- and 17-year-olds are eligible for COVID vaccine, some families are divided over whether it makes sense Online misinformation, nagging questions leave parents unsettled
By Kay Lazar Globe Staff,Updated April 28, 2021, 2 hours ago
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Natasha Megie-Maddrey has been vaccinated, but her daughter, Tatiana, is unwilling to get the shot.Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff
Less than two weeks after 16- and 17-year-olds became widely eligible for COVID-19 vaccines, the debate over the wisdom of getting the shot is growing complicated in households across Massachusetts.
Take, for example,
Natasha Megie-Maddrey, a Lynn lawyer who is used to crafting an argument. She is, however, on the losing end of a heated one in her own home about whether her teenaged children will get the vaccine.
CDC says many Americans can now go outside without a mask
Associated PressMasked and unmasked pedestrians walk along the Las Vegas Strip, Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Las Vegas. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its guidelines Tuesday on the wearing of masks outdoors, saying fully vaccinated Americans don t need to cover their faces anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers. (AP.
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer
NEW YORK (AP) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its guidelines Tuesday on the wearing of masks outdoors, saying fully vaccinated Americans don’t need to cover their faces anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers.
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NEW YORK (AP) â The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its guidelines April 27 on the wearing of masks outdoors, saying fully vaccinated Americans donât need to cover their faces anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers.
And those who are unvaccinated can go outside without masks in some cases, too.
The new guidance represents another carefully calibrated step on the road back to normal from the coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 570,000 people in the U.S.
For most of the past year, the CDC had been advising Americans to wear masks outdoors if they are within 6 feet of each other.
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