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‘Use of mask is necessary even after receiving Covid-19 vaccine’ Mumbai, January 2 Major countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada, among others, have started rolling out the coronavirus vaccines in their countries. However, health experts still recommend that people should sport a mask even after getting inoculated with the vaccine. “I think, people’s perception is you get the vaccine and you’re safe, and finally we can stop all this masking and social distancing and stuff, but that’s not actually reality,” Debra Goff, an infectious-disease pharmacist a...

Why you have to wear a mask for a few months after you get your COVID-19 vaccine amichelson@businessinsider.com (Andrea Michelson,Anna Medaris Miller) The arrival of COVID-19 vaccines signals a step towards normalcy, but it doesn't mean you should stop wearing a mask. Mask-wearing and social distancing are vital to keep yourself and others safe while we wait for the vaccine to become more widely available. The vaccine won't protect you right away, and we still don't know whether it keeps you from contracting the virus or if it just prevents you from getting sick. Three coronav...

COVID-19 vaccines, from Moderna and Pfizer, giving engaged couples hope for their coming nuptials. But infectious-disease experts told Insider the vaccine would not be rolled out soon enough to save summer 2021 weddings. Most nuptials will require masks and social distancing. It will take until May for the public to have vaccine access, another month for the second shot, and it'll take months after that for the world to develop enough immunity to keep all wedding guests safe. Kerry O'Donoghue has one big plan for 2021: a destination wedding. O'Donoghue, who lives in California and founded a...

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Coronavirus conspiracy theories could keep people from getting vaccinated if left unaddressed. It's impossible for the vaccines to alter your DNA, make you infertile, or give you COVID-19. The vaccine won't be forced on people who don't want it, nor does it contain a location-tracking microchip. Finally, you won't be protected from COVID-19 the moment you get your shot. It'll take time and widespread compliance for life to go back to normal. Now that the US has authorized and begun distribution of two vaccines, the real challenge l...