Month: May 2021

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President Biden defended wearing a mask inside even when everyone around is vaccinated Friday, adding that it is "still good policy."  "You walked out to the podium with your mask on.Why do you choose to wear a mask so often when you're vaccinated and you're around other people who are vaccinated?" a reporter asked the president during a briefing on April jobs numbers.   "Because I'm worried about you," Biden quipped. "No, it's a joke." "When we're inside, it's still good policy to wear the mask," Biden added. BIDEN SAYS NO MASKS OUTDOORS FOR FULLY VACCINATED PEOPLE "The problem is, lots of times I walk away from this podium, you notice, I forget to put my mask back on because I'm used to not wearing it outside," he added. In late April the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Darlene Grant (L) receives a dose of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine during a walk-up clinic at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' outdoor Reach area on May 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images The rate of daily Covid infections is declining in 30 states and the District of Columbia, data compiled by Johns Hopkins University shows, and 1 in 3 Americans are now fully vaccinated. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data published Friday shows 45% of the U.S. population with at least one dose of the vaccine and more than 33% fully vaccinated. The country's pace of daily vaccinations held steady from Thursday's level but has been on the decline for weeks, down 38% from the peak. U.S. share of the population ...

CONNECTICUT — The state Department of Public Health released data Friday that indicate cases of the coronavirus in fully vaccinated residents are more rare than expected. Less than 0.1 percent of Connecticut's fully vaccinated persons reported to DPH as having contracted the virus. Of the 1,467,189 persons who have completed their vaccine series, 242 have been confirmed as contracting COVID-19. Of those, 109 (45%) had no symptoms of the disease. So-called "vaccine breakthrough cases" occur when a person who has completed their vaccine series becomes infected with the COVID-19 virus. Three deaths have occurred among the 242 vaccine breakthrough cases. All three patients were confirmed to have had underlying medical conditions and were in the following age groups: 55-64 (1), 65-74 (1)...