Individuals crowd the seaside in Huntington Seaside, Calif., over the lengthy Labor Day weekend final yr, months earlier than COVID-19 vaccines had been out there. This yr, the CDC is recommending that people who find themselves not absolutely vaccinated keep residence.
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Individuals crowd the seaside in Huntington Seaside, Calif., over the lengthy Labor Day weekend final yr, months earlier than COVID-19 vaccines had been out there. This yr, the CDC is recommending that people who find themselves not absolutely vaccinated keep residence.
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Should you’re not vaccinated, you should not journey over the lengthy Labor Day weekend.
That is the underside line, in line with the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky.
“Firstly, in case you are unvaccinated, we might advocate not touring,” Walensky stated at a White House COVID-19 briefing on Tuesday.
Because the begin of the pandemic, vacation weekends, when many People historically journey, have been a particular concern for well being officers as a result of they improve the possibilities that the virus can unfold broadly and shortly.
Final yr, earlier than vaccines had been out there to the general public, the Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) screened more than 3 million airline passengers over the Labor Day vacation.
Nonetheless, regardless of the huge availability of vaccines this yr, the coronavirus delta variant and an unwillingness on the a part of many People to get vaccinated has brought about a serious spike in infections and hospitalizations.
Talking at Tuesday’s briefing, White Home COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Zients stated that forward of Labor Day weekend, “it is vital that being vaccinated is a part of their pre-holiday guidelines.”
If you’re not absolutely vaccinated and determine to journey throughout the U.S. anyway, the CDC recommends that you simply take the next precautions:
- Get examined 1-3 days earlier than journey
- Get examined 3-5 days after journey and self-quarantine for 7 days. Self-quarantine for 10 days if you aren’t getting examined
- Self-monitor for signs
- Put on a masks and take different precautions throughout journey
“People who find themselves absolutely vaccinated, and who’re carrying masks, can journey,” Walensky stated. “Though, given the place we’re with illness transmission proper now, we might say that folks have to take these dangers into their very own consideration as they give thought to touring.”
