What can you do after you’ve received the full COVID-19 vaccination? There are still some questions about that.
What’s going on?
Dr. Leana Wen, a professor of health policy and management at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health, told CNN that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention left out a lot of information about what might be safe for fully vaccinated Americans when the agency released its guidelines this week.
In fact, she said there are a few different things fully vaccinated individuals can do together. Here’s a quick breakdown of the highlights.
- Dating: “Yes, if you and the person you’ve been dating are both fully vaccinated, you can certainly be with one another again.” She said if you’re dating someone new, you’ll want to verify they’ve been vaccinated first.
- Travel: “I think that fully vaccinated people should feel free to travel to see their families, but of course please take every precaution during the travel — including wearing a well-fitting mask at all times in public places, trying to stay physically distanced where possible, and washing hands well.”
- Restaurants: “I think they should be able to return to the activities they most care about, while, again, making sure to wear masks and staying physically distanced. I’d go so far as to say that a couple that really wants to eat out in a restaurant again could do so occasionally but not night after night.”
Visit CNN for the full interview with Wen, where she reveals a lot more about what you can do.
Context
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released a list of activities fully vaccinated people can participate in.
- People are considered fully vaccinated two weeks after they received a second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, or one dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
The list of activities includes hanging out with other fully vaccinated people indoors without masks or social distancing, as well as hanging out with unvaccinated people at low risk for severe illness from COVID-19, as I wrote for the Deseret News.