Will An Increase In Vaccines Bring A Decrease in Masks, Social Distancing?

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🗓️ 11 March 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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New CDC guidelines allow fully vaccinated people to gather indoors without masks or social distancing. But what if not everyone in that group is vaccinated? As more Californians get vaccines, and as Covid rates decline, we’ll discuss how social distancing protocols and the necessity for wearing masks should change. And we’ll talk about the latest best practices for personal protective equipment and hear from you. Have you changed your mask-wearing habits lately? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.0	Restrictions apply. Xfinity internet required. Actual speeds vary. From KQED. Welcome back to forum. I'm Mina Kim. New CDC guidelines allow fully vaccinated people to gather indoors without
0:53.7	masks or social distancing.
0:55.8	The thing is, how often is everybody in a room vaccinated? Many of us are still waiting to get our shots.
1:01.4	In this strange in between time, we'll discuss medically sound protocols for masking up and social
1:05.9	distancing, and we want your questions. You can give us a call at 866-733-6786.
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1:21.5	And joining me now to talk about the new protocols is Dr. Peter Chin Hong, infectious
1:26.0	disease specialist at UCSF Medical Center.
1:29.1	Welcome, Dr. Chin Hong.
1:31.1	Thanks for having me on, Mina.
1:32.6	Really appreciate you being here.
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