CDC: Fully vaccinated people no longer required to wear masks in certain settings
According to the CDC, those folks no longer need to wear masks or socially distance when outside or in most indoor settings, regardless of crowd size. Author: Mike McDaniel / Eyewitness News (WWL) Published: 10:35 PM CDT May 13, 2021 Updated: 10:35 PM CDT May 13, 2021
NEW ORLEANS For much of the pandemic, they were the best protection from spreading COVID-19, but with vaccines now leading that fight, masks aren’t as essential, at least not for folks who are fully vaccinated.
“If you are fully vaccinated you can start doing the things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic. We have all longed for this moment when we can get back to some sense of normalcy,” said Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky.
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Monday, May 10, 2021, at 3:00 p.m.: The House Administration Committee will hold a hearing titled, Oversight of the January 6th Attack: United States Capitol Police Threat Assessment and Counter-Surveillance Before and During the Attack. The committee will hear testimony from Michael Bolton, inspector general of the Capitol Police.
Tuesday, May 11, 2021, at 9:30 a.m.: The Senate Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing on the nominations of Ronald Moultrie to be undersecretary of defense for intelligence and security and Michael McCord to be comptroller of the Defense Department.
Tuesday, May 11, 2021, at 10:00 a.m.: The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution will hold a hearing on ghost guns. The committee will hear testimony from Michael Harrison, commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department; Joshua Shapiro, attorney general of Pennsylvania; Nicholas Suplina, managing directo
Fact check: No, Biden is not trying to force Americans to eat less red meat keyt.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from keyt.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
PolitiFact s ruling: Pants on Fire
Here s why: One day after President Joe Biden pledged to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half, Fox News and Fox Business Network personalities repeatedly and baselessly claimed that the move would also force Americans to say goodbye to hamburgers and steaks. To meet the Biden Green New Deal targets, America has to, get this, America has to stop eating meat, said Fox Business Network host Larry Kudlow, a former economic adviser to President Donald Trump, on April 23. No burger on July 4. No steaks on the barbecue.
Biden’s climate plans do not include restrictions on red meat consumption, a White House official confirmed to PolitiFact. Biden never mentioned red meat when he announced his plan to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 50% to 52% below 2005 levels by 2030, a move that would double the U.S.’s commitment under the 2015 Paris climate agreement.