Today is Tuesday, March 9th, and you're listening to The Morning Announcements.

I'm Sammy Sage.

The CDC has just released new guidelines for how to live that post-vaccine life.

The guidelines say that people who are fully vaccinated against COVID can now safely visit

with other vaccinated people without masks.

People who are vaccinated can also visit indoors with unvaccinated people without masks, as

long as they're from a single household, and that the unvaccinated people are at low

risk for severe disease.

The CDC still advises masks in public settings, or in situations when visiting unvaccinated

people from multiple households, or if an unvaccinated person has a household member who

is high risk.

Bully vaccinated means that an individual is two weeks, post their second Moderna or Pfizer

shot, or two weeks past the one Johnson & Johnson shot.

Can the CDC just let me know when I can go to my club?

Yesterday was supposed to be the first day of the trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder

of George Floyd.

The trial has been delayed for at least a day, as the District Court judge is awaiting an

appeals decision over whether to add a third-degree murder charge on top of Chauvin's existing

second-degree murder and manslaughter charges.

A third-degree murder charge means that the perpetrator acted in a way that was reckless

at the risk of causing death and carries a sentence of no more than 25 years.

The reason prosecutors are arguing to add this charge in is because it's easier to prove

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