The CDC released updated guidelines for summer camps on Friday, allowing unvaccinated children and teens to drop their masks and avoid social distancing this summer.
Traffic to vaccines.gov increased by 22% the week of May 13, when the CDC released its new mask guidance for vaccinated Americans compared to the week before.
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Paul, who tested positive for COVID-19 in March 2020, said in a Sunday interview that he would not be getting vaccinated, arguing that he already has natural immunity from previously being infected.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that anyone who has previously been infected with COVID-19 get the vaccine, saying that experts “do not yet know how long you are protected from getting sick again after recovering from COVID-19.”
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Colbert in his Monday episode of CBS’s “The Late Show” questioned Paul’s rationale, noting the uncertainty over how long natural immunity lasts and arguing that the senator’s decision “is going to affect other people.”