St. Louis County is mandating face masks for everyone over the age of five when indoors regardless of vaccination status amid the spread of the Delta variant, officials announced Friday.
The CDC announced on May 13 that vaccinated Americans no longer have to wear masks, but the Delta variant's surge has caused some local officials to rethink that guidance.
Dr. Rachel Walensky, the director of the CDC, said this week that her agency's mask guidance hasn't changed, but that"communities and individuals need to make the decisions that are right for them based on what's going on in their local areas." "If you’re in an area that has a high case rate and low rates of vaccination where Delta cases are rising, you should certainly be wearing a mask if you are unvaccinated,"
at the White House Thursday."If you are vaccinated, you get exceptional protection from the vaccines. But you have the opportunity to make the personal choice to add extra layers of protection if you so choose."Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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