A sort of Coronavirus disease outbreak Most of the nearly 900 people in Provincetown, Massachusetts were vaccinated, which may be the reason why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention decided to withdraw its mask guidelines this week.
This CDC changed its guidelines For Americans who were fully vaccinated on Tuesday, it is now recommended that everyone wear a mask in public places The “large and high spread” of COVID-19.
according to National Broadcasting CorporationThe NBC branch in New York, the outbreak in Provincetown helped shape the CDC’s decision to change its mask guidelines after more than 850 people were infected with COIVD-19 during the weekend of July 4.
As of Thursday, 882 people have been linked to the Provincetown epidemic. ABC News Report.
According to WNBC, 74% of people infected with the virus in Provincetown were vaccinated, and most people reported mild symptoms. 7 people were hospitalized, some were infected Delta variant, The news media said.
The CDC report obtained by WNBC cited an investigation by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health that found that vaccinated people were spreading COVID-19 to other vaccinated people.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, a leading infectious disease expert in the United States, said that research on the Delta variant and its “super-infectiousness” confirmed this.
“What changed is the virus,” Fauci said Microsoft National Broadcasting Corporation on Wednesday.
He said that when a vaccinated person is infected with the Delta variant, they will get a “breakthrough infection” and “the virus level in the nasopharynx is about 1,000 times higher than the alpha variant.”
CDC Director Rochelle Varensky It seems to imply that outbreaks like Provincetown are part of the evidence that the agency decided to overturn the mask guidance.
“In the last few days, I have seen new scientific data from the recent outbreak investigation, which shows that the behavior of the delta variant is very different from the behavior of the past virus strain that caused COVID 19,” she said at a press conference on Tuesday when she announced the new Guidelines for masks.
“Information on delta variants from several states and other countries indicates that in rare cases, some people who have been vaccinated with delta variants may be contagious and spread the virus to other people,” she added road. “This new science is worrying. Unfortunately, we need to update our recommendations.”
CDC is expected to announce more details of its decision on Friday.
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