--- title: "CDC: People Who Are Fully Vaccinated Can Gather Indoors" description: "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today that Americans who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can gather in small numbers indoors." date: "2021-03-08" modified: "2021-03-08" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/neoscope/cdc-fully-vaccinated-gather-indoors" categories: - "Developments" - "Health & Medicine" tags: - "cdc" - "coronavirus" - "covid19" - "vaccine" - "vaccines" --- # CDC: People Who Are Fully Vaccinated Can Gather Indoors ![The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today that Americans who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can gather in small numbers indoors.]() *\Image: Futurism\* The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today that Americans who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can gather in small numbers indoors, [*The New York Times*]() reports. Other precautions, including social distancing and masking, are still in effect in public spaces. "Fully vaccinated" means that at least two weeks have elapsed since a given person has received their second Pfizer or Moderna shot, or a single dose of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine. In effect, as the *Times* points out, fully vaccinated grandparents are now able to visit their unvaccinated families without having to mask up or socially distance. "There are some activities that fully vaccinated people can begin to resume now in the privacy of their own homes," CDC director Rochelle Walensky said in a statement, as [quoted by *The Wall Street Journal*](). "Everyone — even those who are vaccinated — should continue with all mitigation strategies when in public settings." The recommendation did come flush with caveats and asterisks. For instance, the CDC noted that we still don't know for sure if those who are fully vaccinated are no longer at risk of spreading the virus unknowingly and without showing any symptoms. New discoveries in that area could change the guidelines. "We know that people want to get vaccinated so they can get back to doing the things they enjoy with the people they love," Walensky said. To date, almost 60 million Americans have received at least one dose, while roughly half of those have been fully vaccinated, according to [CDC data](). ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()