Dear Members of the Baylor College of Medicine Community, What a difference six weeks makes. The CDC released new guidelines last week. Do they make sense for Texas? My short answer, yes. However, this is COVID-19. Yes-no questions are always subject to cautions and caveats. In early April, the CDC released new guidance allowing those who are vaccinated to take some baby-steps toward normality. The vaccinated were now deemed safe to gather in small, private settings, with others who are vaccinated without masking or distancing. I commented at the time this seemed to be an extraordinarily timid step, and that the CDC recommendations were really following what people were largely already doing.