Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky defends the agency’s Covid-19 mask guidance policies amid widespread criticism.
"Today we have vaccines available, now for 12 to 15-year olds, [the agency's guidelines are] going to have to evolve again, and I'm really enthusiastic about updating them very soon," Walensky said.
Smith also asked Walensky why, if everyone in his office was vaccinated, they still had to wear masks indoors. She explained that the CDC wants to ensure that the vaccines are working against all of the variants circulating in the U.S., and that "you're not an asymptomatic carrier if you're vaccinated" before completely doing away with masks in indoor settings.
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