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The CDC updated its masking guidelines in light of the Delta variant’s potential to infect the vaccinated. Try to take the news in stride.
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The CDC is now recommending fully vaccinated Americans return to wearing masks in indoor spaces in communities where coronavirus transmission is substantial or high. And that news might just make your stomach sink.

I called up our staff writer Katherine J. Wu after the agency’s press conference today to help make sense of the new guidelines. She encouraged Americans

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