When You’ve Been Fully Vaccinated

Mar 27, 2021

What’s Changed

Whether you've had enough of your vaccinations:

You don't need to wear a mask while you're gathering inside for completely vaccinated citizens.
If either of those people or someone they live with has an elevated risk of serious disease from COVID-19, you should gather indoors with unvaccinated people from another household (for example, meeting with friends who all live together) without masks.
If you've been subjected to COVID-19, you don't need to stop others or get checked because you're having symptoms.
And if you don't have signs, you can stay away from others for 14 days and get screened if you live in a group environment (like a correctional or detention institution or a group home) and are with someone who has COVID-19.

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What Hasn’t Changed

For the time being, and though you've been properly vaccinated, you can take precautions to cover yourself and anyone in a variety of circumstances, such as using a mask, keeping at least 6 feet apart from others, and avoiding crowds and badly ventilated rooms. When you're out and about, remember to take the following precautions:

In public
Getting together for unvaccinated members of more than one household
Visiting an unvaccinated person who is at a higher risk of serious illness or death from COVID-19, or who lives with someone who is at a higher risk

Large or standard size gatherings can also be avoided.
Domestic and overseas travel can also be postponed. You must also meet the CDC's criteria and guidelines if you travel.
You should also be on the lookout for COVID-19 signs, particularly if you've been around someone who has. If you have COVID-19 signs, you can get checked and sit at home, away from other people.

What We Know and What We’re Still Learning

COVID-19 vaccines have been shown to be successful in preventing COVID-19 disease, including serious illness and death.

We're also studying how successful the vaccines are against COVID-19-causing virus variants. Early evidence suggests that the vaccines could be selective against certain strains but not others.

Other preventive initiatives have been shown to help avoid the spread of COVID-19, and these measures are now relevant even when vaccines are delivered.

We're also studying how effective COVID-19 vaccines are at preventing disease transmission.
Early evidence suggests that the vaccines can help people from transmitting COVID-19, but as more people are vaccinated, we can learn more.

COVID-19 vaccines are now being studied to see how long they can shield humans.
If more information is released, the CDC will continue to refine its guidelines for both vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals.

Before we know more regarding those issues, everybody — even those that have already obtained their vaccinations — can continue to take simple protective measures as guided.

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