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CDC Director: ‘If You Are Vaccinated, You Are Safe from the Variants’

Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said Wednesday that vaccinated individuals are “safe” from coronavirus variants following mixed messaging from local and World Health Organization (W.H.O.) officials, some of whom are now recommending vaccinated people to wear masks over fears of coronavirus variants.

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 19: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle

Illinois Gov. Pritzker Urges Vaccinated People to Mask Up

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on Monday urged residents to continue to take precautions and to wear masks even as vaccination efforts are underway, citing the World Health Organization’s (W.H.O.) recent warning about the Delta variant and subsequently mask guidance, urging fully vaccinated people to wear masks.

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - APRIL 17: Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (R) tours one of the patient roo

W.H.O.: It Is ‘Less Urgent to Vaccinate’ Children than Older People

The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) says it is “less urgent” to vaccinate children than older people — a stance that seemingly veers from the guidance of the Biden administration’s U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which recommends parents to vaccinate their children 12 and older amid concerns of heart inflammation conditions seemingly connected to the mRNA jabs.

An Indonesian doctor injects a dose of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine to a man during a COVID-19