Vaccinated Americans, Let the Unmasked Gatherings Begin (but Start Small) – By Roni Caryn Rabin (The New York Times) / Mar 22 2021
Federal health officials on Monday told millions of Americans now vaccinated against the coronavirus that they could again embrace a few long-denied freedoms, like gathering in small groups at home without masks or social distancing, offering a hopeful glimpse at the next phase of the pandemic.
© Max Whittaker for The New York Times A socially distanced gathering in Davis, Calif., earlier this year. The C.D.C. now says that vaccinated adults can gather in small numbers without masks or distancing.
The recommendations, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, arrived almost exactly a year after the virus began strangling the country and Americans were warned against gatherings for fear of spreading the new pathogen.
Now the agency has good news for long-separated families and individuals struggling with pandemic isolation: Vaccinated grandparents can once again visit adult children and grandchildren under certain circumstances, even if they remain unvaccinated. Vaccinated adults may begin to plan mask-free dinners with vaccinated friends.
