United StatesFactbox: Cautious U.S. re-opening does not include U.S. government, yet
Reuters
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U.S. President Joe Biden, accompanied by Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response and the vaccination program from the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., May 13, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
With more than one-third of Americans vaccinated against COVID-19, traffic is starting to re-appear in some suburbs, schools are cautiously re-opening and masks are disappearing from outside walking paths.
But the federal government in Washington, D.C., which asked most employees to work from home during the pandemic, remains largely dependent on remote work.
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WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - With more than one-third of Americans vaccinated against COVID-19, traffic is starting to re-appear in some suburbs, schools are cautiously re-opening and masks are disappearing from outside walking paths.
But the federal government in Washington, D.C., which asked most employees to work from home during the pandemic, remains largely dependent on remote work.
This may change since the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this week that fully vaccinated people do not need masks outdoors or in most indoor spaces. It also said that fully vaccinated people will not need to physically distance in most places. The Pentagon, for one, quickly changed its guidance regarding masks.
May 10, 2021
TODD: You of course have read about and heard about the ransomware attack on really a backbone portion of the U.S. energy system. This pipeline in Texas. A gang called DarkSide is said to have accomplished this. There is a gentleman who has done more serving in the armed forces than I ever have, well, which is none. His name is Russel L. Honore. He was U.S. Army, retired 2008 and was Katrina leadership. Public speaker. Books on survival, leadership and “Don’t Get Stuck on Stupid!”. I’m looking at his tweet here, he had suspected that this hack, this cyberattack on one of our largest pipelines was perhaps the work of what he calls the domestic terrorism that attacked our Capitol.
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