CDC: Here's what you can and can't do after getting vaccinated
People who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can resume some parts of their old life but must remain vigilant in many ways as the pandemic continues, according to new federal guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"We've been through a lot this past year, and with more and more people getting vaccinated, each day we are starting to turn a corner," Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the CDC's director, said during a briefing Monday. "And as more Americans are vaccinated, a growing body of evidence now tells us that there are some activities that fully vaccinated people can resume at low risk to themselves."
Who is fully vaccinated?
Someone is considered fully vaccinated two weeks after receiving the final required shot, Walensky said. Both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines entail two doses, administered weeks apart, while the newly arriving Johnson & Johnson vaccine needs only a single shot.
