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>>> ONCE YOU ARE FULLY
VACCINATED, TWO WEEKS AFTER
YOUR LAST DOSE, YOU CAN SHED
YOUR MASK.
>> NOW AT 7:00, A MAJOR
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE CDC
TODAY, HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY
THOSE WHO ARE VACCINATED NO
LONGER NEED TO WEAR MASKS OR
PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCING.
MAY 1th, IT IS A DATE WE WILL
ALL LIKELY RECOMMEND, THE
RECOMMENDATION IS AN ENORMOUS
TURNING POINT IN THE PANDEMIC
AND LIFE ALTERING NEWS FOR
THOSE OF US TIRED FOR
RESTRICTIONS NEEDED TO TOP THE
SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.
>> THE ANNOUNCEMENT MIGHT ALSO
SERVE AS AN INSUINTTIVE TO
THOSE HOLDING OUT.
IT MIGHT BE REASON ENOUGH TO
TAKE THE SHOT.
>> IF YOU ARE FULLY VACCINATED,
I DON'T U CAN START DOING THE
THINGS THAT YOU HAD STOPPED
DOING BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
WE HAVE ALL LONGED FOR THIS
MOMENT WHEN WE CAN GET BACK TO
SOME SENSE OF NORMALCY.
BASED ON THE CONTINUING
DOWNWARD TROUGH DISTRICTRY OF
CASES, THE SCIENTIFIC DATA ON
THE PERFORMANCE OF OUR
VACCINENED OUR UNDERSTANDING OF
HOW THE VIRUS SPREAD, THAT
MOMENT HAS COME FOR THOSE WHO
ARE FULLY VACCINATED.
>> FOLLOWING THE ANNOUNCEMENT
FROM THE CDC, PRESIDENT BIDEN
HAS SPOKE CONGRATULATING
AMERICANS ON THEIR EFFORTS TO
COMBAT THE VIRUS, BUT ALSO
SAYING WE'RE NOT DONE YET.
>> THERE IS STILL MORE WORK
AHEAD, BUT I HAVE SAID MANY
PANDEMIC HAS BEEN, WE WILL GET
THROUGH IT.
WE WILL REBUILD OUR ECONOMY.
TO NORMAL.
WE'LL LAUGH AGAIN, KNOW JOY
AGAIN AND WE'LL SMILE AGAIN.
>> OF COURSE, MANY QUESTIONS
STILL REMAIN, INCLUDING WHO
WILL FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS
AND WHAT WILL BUSINESSES DECIDE
TO DO?
>> AND THEN THERE ARE THOSE WHO
AFTER A YEAR OF FOLLOWING
STRICT GUIDELINE ALSO FEEL
ANXIOUS ABOUT THINGS GOING BACK
TO NORMAL.
AND WE ARE JOINED LIVE TO
ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES
AND MORE.
JESSICA?
>> Reporter: THAT IS RIGHT.
WITH THE SPECIALIST I SPOKE TO,
IT COMES DOWN TO JUST
PROTECTING YOURSELF AND ONE WAY
TO DO THAT IS BY USING
SITUATIONAL AWARENESS.
L THE CDC SAID THE THREE
STUDIES THAT SHOW THAT
VACCINATION WORK, BUT THE
INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST
WHO HAS BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES
SINCE THE BEGINNING OH OF THE
PANDEMIC SAYS.
>> THIS TIME THEY'RE GOING A
LITTLE TOO FAST.
IT IS TRUE, THAT THE RISKS TO
VACCINATED PEOPLE HAS GONE DOWN
DRAMATICALLY.
IT IS TRUE THAT OUR NUMBERS IN
THE UNITED STATES HAVE GONE
DOWN DRAMATICALLY OP A PER DAY
BASIS AND HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA
IN PARTICULAR WE HAVE BEEN
BELOW 5% POSITIVITY FOR A WHILE
AN HOUR.
UNFORTUNATELY, ON A GLOBAL
SCALE, THIS THING IS ACTUALLY
ACCELERATING.
WE'RE SEEING MORE CASES PER
THEY AND MORE DEATHS PER THEY.
>> Reporter: THE DOCTOR
REMINDING US WHILE BEING
INOCULATED WITH THE VACCINE,
ONE CAN STILL PASS ON THE
CORONAVIRUS.
>> ONE IN 20 PEOPLE EVEN FULLY
VACCINATED CAN STILL GET SICK.
>> Reporter: IN THE STATE OF
FLORIDA, GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS
AND LEGISLATURE HAS OUTRIGHT
BANNED VACCINE PASSPORTS MEANS
ACTUALLY VACCINATED.
DR. MARTY SAYS WE MUST PROTECT
OURSELVES AND USE SITUATIONAL
AWARENESS.
>> WE DON'T KNOW THE SITUATIONS
WITH STRANGERS.
SO IF YOU HAVE AN UNDERLYING
CONDITION OR IN I REASON TO
THINK THAT YOU'RE AT INCREASED
RISK, THEN THAT'S WHAT I'M
TALKING ABOUT WITH VAGUESAL
AWARENESS.
SURE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WEAR A
MASK BECAUSE YOU'RE FULLY
VACCINATED, BUT MAYBE IT MIGHT
MAKE SENSE THAT YOU DO.
>> Reporter: THE CDC ANNOUNCED
THE REQUIREMENT TO WEAR A MASK
DURING TRAVEL ON TRAINS, BUSES,
PLANES AND PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION, STILL STAND.
YOU MUST ALSO STILL WEAR A MASK
AT HEALTH CARE SETTINGS,
CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES,
HOMELESS SHELTERS AND
BUSINESSES THAT REQUIRE YOU TO
DO SO.
>> EMPLOYERS CAN STILL REQUIRE
THEIR EMPLOYEES TO STILL WEAR
MASKS.
SO WE WOULD EXPECT WITH THIS
NEW GUIDANCE MANY EMPLOYERS
WOULD START TO RELAX.
>> Reporter: BUSINESSES COULD
POTENTIALLY ASK THEIR EMPLOYEES
ABOUT THEIR VACCINATION STATUS.
>> BUSINESSES COULD POTENTIALLY
ASK THEIR EMPLOYEES ABOUT THEIR
VACCINATION STATUS, HOWEVER,
WE'RE ADVISING THE EMPLOYERS
NOT TO IMPOSE DIFFERENT RULES
VACCINATED EMPLOYEES BECAUSE
DOING SO COULD BE TO AN
INADVERTENT ADA OR HIPAA
VIOLATION.
>> Reporter: NOW, MIAMI-DADE
AND BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOLS HAVE
NOT RELEASED A NEW PLAN SINCE
THESE NEW CDC GUIDELINES CAME
OUT, HOWEVER, THEY DID SAY