Internal CDC documents urge the agency to 'acknowledge the war has changed,' noting that the Delta variant is as contagious as chickenpox.
on Thursday. The slides cite communication challenges for the agency – to continue promoting vaccination while also acknowledging that breakthrough cases are occurring and therefore the fully vaccinated, in some instances, are likely infecting others.In announcing the new mask guidance on Tuesday, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, MD, referred to new science that supports the move. Many experts asked to see the full research for themselves.
Evidence also emerged this week answering a long unanswered question. The CDC explained that the fully vaccinated can be COVID transmitters because people with"breakthrough infections" walk around with the same amount of virus in their noses as the unvaccinated do.
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