CDC interim guidelines loosen gathering restriction for fully vaccinated individuals

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today released interim guidelines for fully vaccinated individuals’ social practices. CDC said that those who are fully vaccinated — whether the two doses required by the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, or the single Johnson & Johnson dose — may eschew masks or physical distancing when gathering with other fully vaccinated individuals in small groups in their homes.

They can also visit indoors with unvaccinated people from a single household without wearing masks or physical distancing if that household’s occupants are at low risk of severe COVID-19 disease. The guidelines still urge the use of masks and physical distancing in public. In addition to the private visitation recommendations, the guidelines also make recommendations for isolation, quarantining and testing for those who are fully vaccinated.