Today, CDC is updating our guidance for fully vaccinated people.

Anyone who is fully vaccinated can participate in indoor and outdoor activities,

large or small, without wearing a mask or physical distancing.

But remember, all this good stuff is only for vaccinated people. The CDC is making a huge

distinction between Americans who did or did not get the shot. They even put out this actual

handy chart. On the left, unvaccinated people with yellow and red shades of risk, but on the right,

vaccinated people are all green for the go.

We can do everything, everything maskless, from visit a hair salon to visit a movie theater,

even participate in an indoor high-intensity exercise class, which is amazing,

because I've never been able to do that before.

The U.S. makes a huge leap toward normalcy, a sigh of relief. As the CDC updates its mask

guidance for those who've been vaccinated. The question is, how are states responding? Plus,

the President of the nation's second largest teachers union will be our guest after calling for students to return to the classroom full-time this fall.

Our question for Randy Weingarten this morning are local chapters on board.

And the fighting intensifies in the Middle East as Israeli troops prepare for a possible ground invasion of Gaza.

The question, are we about to see another deadly escalation of violence?

It's way too early for this.

Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that right along with you has been waiting a very long time for this lead story.

I am Casey Hunt on this Friday. May 14th, we'll start with the news.

After more than a year of telling Americans to cover their faces to protect against coronavirus, the CDC is rolling back mask-wearing guidance.

Federal health officials announced that Americans who are fully vaccinated can stop wearing masks in most settings, outdoors and indoors.

If you are fully vaccinated, you can start doing the things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic.

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