CDC Says Fully Vaccinated Folks Don’t Spread the Virus

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The CDC has new guidance on what you can do once you are fully vaccinated. Pic by Getty Images.

It’s good news for those of us who have been completely vaccinated and good news for those who are going to get vaccinated! Sure, at the moment you are still going to have to follow the CDC guidelines of mask-wearing and staying a respectable distance apart, but a new CDC study suggests even that may no longer be necessary.

Previously, medical researchers weren’t sure if fully vaccinated people could somehow carry the virus and spread it to others, even if they didn’t get sick. They studied thousands of fully vaccinated first responders and have now concluded that it is highly unlikely that vaccinated people can carry the disease. The authors of the study wrote:

“Authorized mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are effective for preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection in real-world conditions. COVID-19 vaccination is recommended for all eligible persons.”

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, said on MSNBC:

“Vaccinated people do not carry the virus, they don’t get sick. That’s not just in the clinical trials, but it’s also in real-world data.”

The study focused only on the mRNA vaccines—those produced by Moderna and jointly by Pfizer and BioNTech. The study did not include people who got the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, but the same principle may apply.

If you aren’t infected, you can’t spread it

In summary, the researchers determined that if you aren’t infected with the virus and are vaccinated, you simply cannot spread it to others who have not been vaccinated. So, can fully vaccinated people toss their face masks in the trash? Well, the CDC isn’t quite ready to say that.

The health agency has not issued new guidance on how vaccinated people should behave in public. Until it does, the current policy is that the vaccinated population should continue to mask up in public and take other precautions.

But this encouraging study is evidence that the day when things start getting “back to normal” may not be that far off, and that’s good news for this Easter Sunday.

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