CDC releases new guidance for people fully vaccinated against Covid-19

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🗓️ 9 March 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Highly anticipated guidance from the CDC says people who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 can safely visit with other vaccinated people and small groups of unvaccinated people in some circumstances. The new guidelines mean vaccinated grandparents may finally feel comfortable visiting some family members. Dr. Sanjay Gupta joins AC360 to discuss the new guidance. Plus, the British royal family is facing a major crisis after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, alleged racism and neglect in an interview with Oprah Winfrey. Meghan revealed that she contemplated suicide after being so isolated and lonely while working as a royal and admitted she “just didn’t want to be alive anymore.” The Duchess of Sussex also said unnamed member of the family discussed their then-unborn first child and had “concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be” and “what that would mean or look like.” Bonnie Greer is an author, playwright and a columnist for the New European. She tells Anderson Cooper she thinks it’s true the conversation happened. Airdate: March 8, 2021 Guests: Dr. Sanjay Gupta Bonnie Greer To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And good evening, we're at the start of what could be a defining week for this country's
0:03.6	battle against COVID and the financial collapse that occurred because of it.
0:07.9	Also for President Biden, who captured the White House, promising to bring relief on
0:10.9	both fronts.
0:11.9	Today, the CDC unveiled highly anticipated new guidance for those who are fully vaccinated.
0:16.7	This is more than 2.1 million Americans a day are now being vaccinated, promising more
0:21.9	freedoms to meet other vaccinated people indoors, even at restaurants, as well as an end
0:26.4	to the need to quarantine, which means that grandparents who have been vaccinated can
0:30.1	hug grandkids who have not.
0:32.1	The rules do not go far enough for some.
0:34.7	In case in point, the airline industry, which they push back on CDC guidance that continues
0:38.8	to recommend even the vaccinated avoid travel.
0:42.0	This was the CDC Director's explanation for why.
0:46.8	Every time there is a surge in travel, we have a surge in cases in this country.
0:50.7	We know that many of our variants have emerged from international places and we know that
0:56.9	the travel corridor is a place where people are mixing a lot.
1:00.7	Well, the guidelines also stayed that people, including those fully vaccinated, should continue
1:04.7	to wear masks.
1:05.7	Today, Wyoming's governor joined those in Texas and Mississippi, announcing an end to the
1:09.6	state's mass mandate and that bars, gyms, and other businesses can fully reopen.
1:14.2	In an interview with Politico, Dr. Anthony Fauci said he could see the mass mandate for
1:17.7	those who have been vaccinated pulled off gradually, quote, pretty soon, but not yet, he said.
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