Fully Vaccinated People Don’t Have To Quarantine If They’re Exposed To Coronavirus, CDC Says

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Someone who is fully vaccinated who’s exposed to coronavirus doesn’t have to quarantine, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said Wednesday, offering clarity into how vaccinated people should go about their lives as the rest of the country waits to get inoculated.  

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“Individual and societal benefits of avoiding unnecessary quarantine may outweigh the potential but unknown risk of transmission, and facilitate the direction of public health resources to persons at highest risk for transmitting SARS-CoV-2 to others,” the CDC said.

Key Background

There have been a few publicized cases of individuals testing positive for the virus even after they have been vaccinated, including Rep. Steve Lynch (D-Ma.) and a California man who tested positive three weeks after getting his second dose of the Pfizer vaccine. Still, no one is keeping track of reinfections, so it’s unclear how widespread the issue is.