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Jennifer Garner and First Lady Jill Biden are celebrating new mask guidelines. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Thursday that people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are no longer expected in most situations to wear masks indoors or outdoors.
The announcement was made while Biden was flying to West Virginia, where she and Garner visited an area high school and vaccination site. It was there that Biden made her first mask-free appearance, as she disembarked her plane without a mask, wearing a pink blazer, white dress and pearl necklace.
Fauci gave his first interview since the mask guidance update on Thursday
He told CNN he wouldn t want to declare victory prematurely and it s not over
But he added: This is clearly a step in the direction that we want to go
Asked if parents should continue putting their children in masks Fauci said: The children do when they are out there playing with their friends.they do
But he also noted children as young as 12 are now eligible to get Pfizer s shot
Fauci said it would be an option if children are vaccinated not to have a mask
And he said it is now important to get schools reopen full blast as before
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America unmasks: Joe and Kamala take all the credit as they finally announce it s time to ditch the masks, shake hands and even HUG each other if you ve had your shots
Biden said those who are fully vaccinated are allowed to take their masks off, hug and shake hands You ve earned the right to do something that Americans are known for all around the world, greeting others with a smile, President Biden said
In West Virginia, Jill Biden did just that and she stepped off her plane maskless and was greeted by Jennifer Garner We feel naked, the first lady said about not wearing one. Then she paused. I didn t mean it that way!
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Manchin is the politico of the moment in Washington: The moderate Democrat from West Virginia holds the make-or-break vote for administration policies in the evenly divided U.S. Senate. Gayle Manchin is the Senate-confirmed co-chair of the Appalachian Regional Commission.
Greeting them at the airport: Garner, a Save the Children ambassador who grew up in Charleston, and Mark Shriver, the Kennedy cousin who is president of Save the Children Action Network, which advocates for humanitarian aid to children experiencing poverty in the U.S. and around the world.
“Today is a great day for America,” President Joe Biden said during a Rose Garden address heralding the new mask guidance.