Shopping Without A Mask Depends On Where You Live, Despite New CDC Guidelines : NPR
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After more than a year of telling Americans to cover their faces and keep their distance whenever they're in public, the Centers for of Disease Control and Prevention is now advising that masks aren't necessary in most indoor spaces, as long as someone is fully vaccinated.
"Now is the moment" to relax the guidance for vaccinated Americans, said CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said on Thursday.
She credited a drop in infections, effective vaccines and availability of the shots to nearly everyone who wants one.
But local and state leaders in some places are still telling people to adhere to existing face-covering and social distancing guidelines, and businesses generally need to stick with the restrictions.
It's no surprise then that the sweeping reversal is causing some confusion about how people should behave out in the world — specifically in grocery stores.
Now that I'm no longer wearing my muzzle out walking, I hate having to run home to grab it when I need to go to the store to get milk.
