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The CDC relaxed guidelines around wearing masks for people fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Critics say it leaves retail businesses in a tricky position.
UpdatedFri, May 14, 2021 at 12:42 pm MT
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday eased mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people. (Shutterstock)
Colorado is lifting the statewide mask mandate after new guidance was issued Thursday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Coloradans can stop wearing face coverings outdoors in crowds and in most indoor settings. Those who are unvaccinated are asked to wear masks, but aren t required to wear them, Gov. Jared Polis said. We are going from the mask wearing requirements to mask wearing suggestions and guidance, the governor said.
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The guidelines still call for everyone to wear masks in crowded indoor settings such as buses, planes, hospitals, childcare centers, prisons and homeless shelters. But it will help clear the way for reopening workplaces, schools and other venues even removing the need for social distancing for those who are fully vaccinated.
ZEKE MILLER and MICHAEL BALSAMO, Associated Press
In a major step toward returning to pre-pandemic life, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people on Thursday, allowing them to stop wearing masks outdoors in crowds and in most indoor settings.
“Today is a great day for America,” President Joe Biden said during a Rose Garden address heralding the new guidance, an event where he and his staff went without masks. Hours earlier in the Oval Office, where Biden was meeting with vaccinated Republican lawmakers, he led the group in removing their masks when the guidance was announced.
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May 14, 2021
Vice President Kamala Harris listens as President Joe Biden speaks on updated guidance on mask mandates, in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, May 13, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
WASHINGTON (AP) In a major step toward returning to pre-pandemic life, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has eased mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people, allowing them to stop wearing masks outdoors in crowds and in most indoor settings.
“Today is a great day for America,” President Joe Biden said Thursday during a Rose Garden address heralding the new guidance, an event where he and his staff went without masks. Hours earlier in the Oval Office, where Biden was meeting with vaccinated Republican lawmakers, he led the group in removing their masks when the guidance was announced.