{"id":12919,"date":"2021-07-30T15:00:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T15:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/?p=12919"},"modified":"2024-02-20T22:28:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T22:28:21","slug":"masking-still-a-good-idea-even-if-youre-vaccinated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/vitals\/masking-still-a-good-idea-even-if-youre-vaccinated\/","title":{"rendered":"Masking: Still a good idea even if you\u2019re vaccinated","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, July 27, in an effort to slow the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) revised their masking guidelines, recommending that fully vaccinated people return to wearing masks in indoor public spaces where COVID-19 virus transmission rates were \u201csubstantial or high.\u201d Previously, the CDC had said wearing masks indoors was not necessary if you were fully vaccinated, outside of certain exceptions, like health care settings.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Myint, MD, infectious disease specialist and epidemiologist at <a href=\"https:\/\/updates-www.mccdn.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MultiCare<\/a>, never stopped wearing a mask in most indoor settings. 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