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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5079/C.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='US Health Official Says Fully Vaccinated People Do Not Need Masks' data-article-id='5646'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='16958'>U.S. health officials say Americans who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 do not need to wear face coverings or social distance in most places.</span> <span data-start-time='16958' data-end-time='31333'>The change means that the United States can begin to re-open society and the nation after the year-long coronavirus health emergency.</span> <span data-start-time='31333' data-end-time='43021'>Dr. Rochelle Walensky is the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, known as the CDC. </span> <span data-start-time='43021' data-end-time='61292'>She said Thursday, “Anyone who is fully vaccinated can participate in indoor and outdoor activities large or small without wearing a mask or physically distancing.”</span> <span data-start-time='61292' data-end-time='72896'>Walensky added, “If you are fully vaccinated, you can start doing the things that you had stopped doing because of the pandemic.”</span> <span data-start-time='72896' data-end-time='88667'>She said the decision is based on the decreasing number of COVID-19 cases in America and the agency’s understanding of how the virus spreads. </span> <span data-start-time='88667' data-end-time='102063'>She noted that studies from the U.S. and Israel have shown that the approved vaccines are strongly protective in real situations. </span> <span data-start-time='102063' data-end-time='113021'>The vaccines, she added, continue to work although new versions, or variants, of the virus are spreading.</span> <span data-start-time='113021' data-end-time='125521'>The new CDC guidance, however, still calls for wearing masks in settings like buses, airplanes and hospitals. </span> <span data-start-time='125521' data-end-time='140875'>And Walensky also advises people with weak immune systems, such as those undergoing cancer treatment, to talk with their doctors before giving up their masks.</span> <span data-start-time='140875' data-end-time='154667'>The CDC reported this week that about 154 million people in the United States have received at least one shot of vaccine. </span> <span data-start-time='154667' data-end-time='163354'>The agency noted that more than 117 million have been fully vaccinated.</span> <span data-start-time='163354' data-end-time='177000'>This week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) also permitted the use of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for children as young as 12.</span> <span data-start-time='177000' data-end-time='188938'>The new guidance comes as the U.S. is starting an aggressive campaign to vaccinate those who have not yet received the shots.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5079/C.jpeg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=17440 data-hint-location='88667' 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class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5079/canada_and_new_zealand.wav'><span>Canada and New Zealand</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5079/india_and_china.wav'><span>India and China</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=17442 data-hint-location='31333' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5079/dr_rochelle_walensky_is_the_director_of_the_centers_for_disease_control_and_prevention_known_as_the__blank__.wav'>Dr. Rochelle Walensky is the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, known as the <span class='blank'>CDC</span>. </div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='CDC'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5079/cdc.wav'><span>CDC</span></div><div 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