Masks not needed by those fully vaccinated Ron DeBrock, ronald.debrock@thetelegraph.com FacebookTwitterEmail In this Sept. 21, 2020 file photo, Gov. J.B. Pritzker appears at a news conference in Springfield wearing a mask. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday eased mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinatged people, allowing them to stop wearing masks outdoors in crowds and in most indoor settings. WOOD RIVER — 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.