The c d c announced that fully vaccinated people no longer have to wear masks or social edistance, except if you go to most places. The delta variant certainly kind of changed the calculus when it came around and was much more transmissible than the variants that had come before it. But yet, within a matter of months, we had the c d c saying, but now the c dC recommendations stand: You do not need to wear a mask outdoors or indoors. I think it left a lot of people with just their heads spinning, maybe literally, not knowing what they're supposed to do at any given time. And i think it also helped to sew a lot of distrust. It gave
At least in schools.
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