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Vaccinated Campers Can Remove Masks Outdoors, C.D.C. Head Says - The New York Times
May 05, 2021 59 secs
We have guidance for masking, and if you’re vaccinated or unvaccinated outdoors, and we also have this camp guidance.

Certainly if we have authorization for 12 to 15-year-olds, and they can get vaccinated before going to camp, that’s what I would advocate for so that they can take their masks off outdoors.

We also have guidance, the camp guidance and the outdoor guidance for individuals who are unvaccinated.

So those who are 12 and under who are attending camp, and we have some availability of not wearing your mask outdoors in small groups, in groups with the other children who are vaccinated.

As federal regulators prepare to authorize use of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine in adolescents aged 12 to 15, a top health official said Wednesday that vaccinated individuals in that age group will be able to remove their masks outdoors at camps.

She said that unvaccinated, unmasked children who engage in close-contact sports like soccer are at risk of transmitting the virus even when outdoors.

“If we have authorization for 12- to 15-year-olds, and they can get vaccinated before going to camp, that’s what I would advocate, so they can take their masks off outdoors,” she said.

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