up.
(MM)
NEW MASK GUIDELINES WERE
FOR PEOPLE------ WHO ARE FULLY
VACCINATED.
GOOD EVENING--
I'M MIKE MONTECALVO.
(HE)
AND I'M SHANNON HEGY.
THE C-D-C SAYS FULLY VACCINATED
AMERICANS CAN NOW GO OUTSIDE--
WITHOUT A MASK--
(MM)
12 NEWS REPORTER ANITA BAFFONI
IS LIVE WITH THE LATEST ON
TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENTS--
AND HOW----- IT'S ONE MORE
STEP--
ON THE ROAD BACK TO NORMAL.
ANITA?
(AB)
WE'VE LIVED WITH MASKS FOR MORE
THAN ONE YEAR BUT TODAY WE START
INCREMENTALLY GETING RID OF
THEM.
GATHERINGS YOU NO LONGER HAVE TO
WEAR MASKS
*IF FULLY VACCINATED* BUT
WEARING THEM INDOORS IS STILL
REQUIRED.
JUST IN TIME FOR THE WARMER
WEATHER, THE CDC HAS RELAXED
SOME OF THEIR MASKING GUIDELINES
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
"Generally, for vaccainted
people, outdoor activities
without a mask are safe."
THAT INCLUDES DOING THINGS LIKE
EXERCISING OUTDOORS
ATTENDING SMALL OUTDOOR
GATHERINGS WITH A MIXTURE OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE VACCINATED AND
UNVACCINATED
AND DINING AT OUTDOOR RESTURANTS
HOUSEHOLDS.
ITS AT CROWDED EVENTS OUTDOORS
LIKE PARADES AND SPORTING EVENTS
THAT MASKING IS STILL REQUIRED.
"If you are vaccinated, you
both outdoors as well as
indoors."
THE NEW GUIDANCE ALSO SAYS FULLY
VACCINATED PEOPLE CAN SAFELY DO
ACTIVITIES INDOORS WHILE WEARING
MASKS.
THAT INCLUDES GOING TO CHURCH OR
EATING INDOORS AT
RESTAURANTS...ALL RECEIVING
CDC'S STAMP OF APPROVAL.
IT'S A BREATH OF FRESH AIR FOR
MANY...
"I feel very safe outside with
my mask on."
BUT SOME SAY THEY ARE STILL
SKEPTICAL.
"I do believe masks keep us
safer nd I'm not willing to drop
my guard compeltely yet."
INDOOR MASKING WILL STAY IN
PLACE UNTIL MORE PEOPLE ARE
VACCINATED.
DR. ASHISH JHA WITH BROWN
UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL OF PUBLIC
EXPECTS YOUNGER AMERICANS CAN
SOON CAN GET THE VACCINE ONCE
IT'S APPORVED SOMETIME IN MAY
.
"Maybe later part of May which
would allow 12 to 15 years old
to stat getting vaccianted in
June"
(AB)
NOW RHODE ISLAND WILL DROP ITS
OUTDOOR MASK MANDATE UNLESS
THREE FEET APART MAY 7TH
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
WOULDN'T SAY IF THAT WILL BE
FAST TRACKED FOLLOWING TODAY'S
SAYING MORE INFORMATION MAY COME
AT THURSDAY'S BRIEFING.
IM ANITA BAFFONI 12 NEWS.
up.
(HE)
FIRST TONIGHT --- AFTER A YEAR
OF WEARING MASKS JUST ABOUT
EVERYWHERE THAT'S NOT HOME ---
THE RULES ARE LOOSENING A LITTLE
BIT.
GOOD EVENING, I'M SHANNON HEGY.
(MM)
C-D-C MADE THE LONG AWAITED
CHANGE TO ITS GUIDANCE SAYING
---
PEOPLE *DON'T* HAVE TO WEAR
MASKS OUTSIDE ALL THE TIME -----
*ESPECIALLY* -----IF THEY'E BEEN
FULLY VACCINATED.
MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR CHARLIE
BAKER ANNOUNCED THIS AFTERNOON
THAT THE STATE'S OUTDOOR MASK
REQUIREMENT WILL END THIS FRIDAY
--- *EXCEPT* FOR LARGE EVENTS
AND OTHER INSTANCES WHERE PEOPLE
CAN'T KEEP THEIR DISTANCE FROM
THAT'S A WEEK EARLIER THAN RHODE
ISLAND --- WHICH IS SET TO RELAX
ITS OUTDOOR MASK RULE ON MAY
SEVENTH.
(MM)
12 NEWS REPORTER ANITA BAFFONI
GOES THROUGH THE C-D-C'S
RECOMMENDATIONS, AND HAS
REACTION.
THIS UPDATED CDC GUIDANCE IS FOR
THOSE WHO ARE FULLY
VACCINATED....
SO DOING ACTIVTIES LIKE WALKING
A FEW FRIENDS,
YOU CAN DITCH THE MASKS.
BUT YOU'LL STILL HAVE TO WEAR
THEM IN CROWDED OUTDOOR AREAS
AND INDOORS.
...
THE TIME HAS COME FOR FULLY
VACCINATED PEOPLE TO NO LONGER
WEAR MASKS OUTSIDE IN SMALL
GATHERINGS...
THE LONG AWAITED NEWS PASSED
DOWN BY THE CDC TUESDAY.
"Just ready to get on with our
daily lives and not have to be
inhibited with wearing these."
FULLY VACCINATED PEOPLE CAN NOW
TAKE OFF MASKS:
- WHEN ATTENDING SMALL OUTDOOR
GATHERINGS WITH A MIXTURE OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE VACCINATED AND
UNVACCINATED.
- AND WHILE DINING AT OUTDOOR
RESTAURANTS WITH FRIENDS FROM
MULTIPLE HOUSEHOLDS.
"The science shows if you are
vaccinated, you can do so safely
unmasked."
THE CDC SAYS UNTIL MORE PEOPLE
ARE VACCIANTED AND WHILE THERE
ARE STILL MORE THAN 50,000 COVID
19
CASES PER DAY, MASKING INDOORS
WILL REMAIN IN PLACE.
'What we know is that it largely
spreads indoors when people
gather without masks."
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN USING THE
NEW GUIDANCE AS A WAY TO
PURSUADE THOSE RELUCTANT TO GET
THE VACCINE, TO MAKE AN
APPOINTMENT
.
"This is another great reason to
go get vaccinated now. Now."
THIS IS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
RHODE ISLAND ANNOUNCED ITS
OUTDOOR MASK MANDATE WILL BE
DROPPED FOR THOSE MORE THAN
THREE FEET APART COME MAY 7TH.
BUT WHEN ASKED TUESDAY, THE
HEALTH DEPARTMENT WOULD NOT SAY
IF THEIR PLANS WILL NOW BE FAST
TRACKED...SAYING THEY ARE
REVIEWING THE NEW CDC GUIDANCE.
SO MASKING IN LARGE SETTINGS