The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday afternoon that it is now recommending that all students in K-12 schools wear a mask, regardless of vaccination status.
Federal health officials are once again recommending that Americans in more than half of U.S. counties with “substantial or high” rates of COVID-19 begin wearing masks in public indoor spaces, citing the more infectious delta variant.
“This moment, and most importantly, the associated illness, suffering, and death could have been avoided with higher vaccination coverage in this country,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, told reporters on Tuesday. “The vast majority of transmission occurring is occurring through unvaccinated individuals.”
More than 63% of U.S. counties are categorized as having “high” or “substantial” rates of transmission.The CDC in mid-May told Americans who had been vaccinated that they no longer need to wear masks or social distance in most settings. Two months later, the public-health agency rolled back rules in K-12 schools, saying vaccinated teachers and students do not need to wear masks.
The rapidly spreading delta variant, which is now the most dominant strain of the virus in the U.S., has put the unvaccinated in its crosshairs, and it also also puts the vaccinated at risk, albeit a much lower one.
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