Fauci: Masks Aren't Required Outdoors For Fully Vaccinated People

As more people get vaccinated against Covid-19, Americans can get used to seeing people outside without masks, according to White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci. The wearing of masks in public has been politicized more in the United States when compared to the rest of the world, which are more tolerant of the measure.

Fauci reaffirmed recent CDC guidelines that completely vaccinated individuals should not need to wear masks in public unless they are in a crowd. He said,

"If you are vaccinated, you don't have to wear a mask outside," he added. "It would be a very unusual situation, if you were going into a completely crowded situation where people are essentially falling all over each other, then you wear a mask. But any other time, if you're vaccinated and you're outside, put aside your mask. You don't have to wear it."

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People became perplexed by face masks when the coronavirus pandemic broke out. In the United States, the pandemic seems to be slowing down, but residents are also unsure about face masks.

It's no longer a question of whether masks work because they do, according to experimental studies), but also whether they should be worn indoors and out and whether vaccinated individuals should mask up as thoroughly as others who have not yet received the coronavirus vaccine.

Masks, according to Trump administration leaders, were unnecessary. Despite the conservative backlash, they later advocated for mask use. Dr. Robert Redfield, Trump's CDC chief, went so far as to suggest that masks were a greater form of defense than vaccination, which enraged the president.

However, the advantages of wearing a mask tend to be limited to indoor environments, where physical proximity between individuals, particularly in poorly ventilated spaces, encourages the spread of airborne particles. Aerosol scientists have discovered that the ions disperse too rapidly outside to transmit the virus.

On the other side of the world, Taiwan tightens its social distancing measures after it recorded its highest new cases in a day: 19.