{"id":48510,"date":"2021-04-29T21:44:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T01:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=48510"},"modified":"2021-04-29T21:45:25","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T01:45:25","slug":"floridas-surgeon-general-says-fully-vaccinated-people-should-no-longer-be-advised-to-wear-masks-or-avoid-crowds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2021\/04\/floridas-surgeon-general-says-fully-vaccinated-people-should-no-longer-be-advised-to-wear-masks-or-avoid-crowds\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida&#8217;s surgeon general says fully vaccinated people should no longer be advised to wear masks or avoid crowds."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Vaccines protect individuals from infection, and the risks of continuing COVID-19 restrictions outweigh the benefits. That\u2019s what Florida\u2019s surgeon general said Thursday in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/floridahealthcovid19.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Public-Health-Advisory-filed-4.29.21.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">public health advisory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/rivkees-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48511\" width=\"319\" height=\"179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/rivkees-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/rivkees-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/rivkees-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/rivkees.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><figcaption><em>Florida Surgeon General Dr. Scott Rivkees<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cContinuing COVID-19 restrictions on individuals, with no end in sight, including long-term use of face coverings and withdrawal from social and recreational gatherings, pose a risk of adverse and unintended consequences,\u201d Dr. Scott&nbsp;Rivkees wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The advisory from Florida\u2019s top doctor goes further than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which on Tuesday&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baynews9.com\/fl\/tampa\/news\/2021\/04\/27\/cdc-vaccinated-people-can-gather-dine-outdoors-without-masks\">expanded its list of safe, mask-free activities<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of its revised rules, the CDC still recommends that vaccinated people avoid or wear a mask for large or crowded outdoor gatherings. The agency also recommends that everyone continue to wear a mask indoors, such as when at a restaurant, a hair salon, a movie theater or an indoor gathering of multiple households.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the CDC recommendations, Rivkees said, due to the widespread availability of vaccines, fully-vaccinated people should no longer be advised to wear masks or avoid crowds. Government officers should also be conducting in-person operations to \u201cbetter serve Floridians,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The surgeon general also stated that Florida residency will no longer be a requirement for vaccination in the state. He said any person currently in Florida who meets FDA guidelines will be eligible to get vaccinated \u201cto ensure no COVID-19 vaccines are wasted.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vaccines protect individuals from infection, and the risks of continuing COVID-19 restrictions outweigh the benefits. That\u2019s what Florida\u2019s surgeon general said Thursday in a&nbsp;public health advisory. \u201cContinuing COVID-19 restrictions on&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":48511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[228],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48510"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48510\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}