“First and foremost, if you are unvaccinated, we would recommend not traveling'
strongly encouraged unvaccinated Americans to refrain from traveling during the Labor Day holiday weekend.While she signaled that fully vaccinated people should feel free to travel if they wear masks, she said they too should exercise caution and think carefully before opting to travel amid the Delta-variant surge.
President Biden, Walensky, and other government health experts have directed blame at those who have abstained from receiving the shot for the prolonged COVID crisis, repeatedlyWhile thousands more Americans get vaccinated every day, with 61.9 percent of the entire population now having had at least one dose, 38.5 percent of people age twelve and up are not yet vaccinated, according toWalenksy noted that the current seven-day average for new COVID cases in the U.S.
The CDC director urged Americans to be diligent about wearing masks indoors in public settings even if vaccinated to curb the spread of the disease over the long weekend. “Throughout the pandemic, we have seen that the vast majority of transmission takes place among unvaccinated people in closed indoor settings,” Walensky said. “Masks are not forever, but they are for now.”
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