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An effective vaccine is the first big step toward ending the coronavirus pandemic, and that's exactly what's being rolled out across the US right now. But our days of wearing face masks aren't over yet. While both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are more than 90% effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19, we still don't know whether they prevent you from  spreading the virus to other people. That's why experts strongly advise that everyone mask up, and that includes anyone who has received the vaccine. Both the Pfizer and Moderna trials tracked only how many vaccinated people became sick ...

2 Health Workers Had Allergic Reactions to COVID Vaccine, Urge Others to Still Get Vaccinated People 12/17/2020 Julie Mazziotta © FRANK AUGSTEIN/POOL/AFP via Getty A person in the U.K. receives Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine As tens of thousands of health care personnel and nursing home residents were vaccinated with the newly-approved Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine this week, two medical workers in Alaska had allergic reactions to the shot. The two staffers, both at the same hospital in Alaska, developed allergy symptoms just minutes after being inoculated with the first dose of the...

Distribution of 2.9 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine Begins, First Shipments to Arrive Monday People 12/12/2020 © Provided by People Vincent Kalut / Photonews via Getty Images The chief operating officer of the federal government's vaccine initiative Operation Warp Speed is assuring Americans that the first COVID-19 vaccines will be distributed safely. "I am absolutely, 100 percent, confident that we are going to distribute safely, this precious commodity this vaccine needed to defeat the enemy, Covid," Gen. Gustave Perna said during a news conference on Saturday held by the US Food and...

Between a slow vaccine rollout and lingering questions about COVID-19 transmission, health experts say Americans should expect to keep masks on for most of 2021