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CDC issues new mask guidance for vaccinated Americans
Life is one step closer to normal as the CDC issued new mask guidance for Americans who have been fully vaccinated. Ed O'Keefe reports.
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Life is one step closer to normal as the CDC issued new mask guidance for Americans who have been fully vaccinated. Ed O'Keefe reports.
President Biden and a group of Republican lawmakers are urging Americans to get vaccinated against COVID-19, as the CDC issues new guidance on masks. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion, Axios political reporter Sarah Mucha and Washington Examiner political and investigative reporter Sarah Westwood join CBSN's "Red & Blue" host Elaine Quijano to discuss Mr. Biden's joint address to Congress and plans to share vaccines with India.
Dr. Dyan Hes, the founder of Gramercy Pediatrics in New York City, joins CBSN to discuss potential new mask guidelines for vaccinated Americans, and the latest on COVID-19.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unveiled updated guidelines Tuesday detailing activities that vaccinated people can safely resume, including attending small outdoor gatherings without the need to wear a mask. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said fully vaccinated individuals "can take a step back to the normalcy of before."
The Biden administration has faced calls for months to share the shots, which will likely go unused in the United States.
"The bottom line is clear: If you're vaccinated, you can do more things, more safely," the president said Tuesday.
Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra joins "CBS This Morning" to talk about the new CDC guidelines the Biden administration is expected to announce, vaccine hesitancy and unaccompanied children at the border.
Seaweed has long been a delicacy in Asia, but now scientists see nutritional, economic and environmental benefits to building a robust kelp farming industry here in the United States. Ben Tracy reports.
Across the country, millions of people are missing appointments for their second vaccine dose. The CDC says the second shot is critical in helping protect people from the virus. Adriana Diaz spoke to one woman hesitant about getting the second dose and a doctor warning of consequences if people skip out.
India has reported more than 300,000 new coronavirus cases for the sixth day in a row. Now other nations are pledging their support. CBS News' Lucy Craft reports, and then Emily Schmall, a South Asia correspondent at The New York Times, joins CBSN AM from New Delhi with the latest.