COVID-19 vaccinations in the United States

1. cdc.gov/coronavirus
When You’ve Been Fully Vaccinated:
Interim Public Health Recommendations
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Dr. Cynthia Ogden, Science Officer in support of the
Chief Medical Officer, CDC COVID-19 Emergency Response
Tami Hilger Skoff, Epidemiologist on the Clinical
Guidelines Team, Vaccine Task Force, CDC COVID-19
Emergency Response
(Moderator) Nora Spencer-Loveall, Deputy for Partnerships
and Risk Management, CDC COVID-19 Emergency
Response

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Agenda
 Introduction
 Science Update
 Overview of Interim Recommendations for
Fully Vaccinated Persons
 Q&A from emails received​
 Closing​
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Notes

3. CDC.gov Resources
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4. Today's Panelists
Dr. Cynthia Ogden
Science Officer in support of the Chief Medical Officer
CDC COVID-19 Emergency Response
Tami Hilger Skoff
Epidemiologist, Clinical Guidelines Team, Vaccine Task Force
CDC COVID-19 Emergency Response
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5. cdc.gov/coronavirus
Updates on COVID-19
Dr. Cynthia Ogden
Science Officer in support of the
Chief Medical Officer
CDC COVID-19 Emergency Response
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6. COVID-19 Situational Update
 Global
• Cumulative Deaths: 2,709,041
 United States
• Cumulative Deaths: 539,038
• Average deaths last 7 days: 1032/day
• Average previous 7 days: 1,247/day
• -20.8% decrease over previous 7 days
 Global
• Cumulative Cases: 122,822,505
 United States
• Cumulative Cases: 29,613,017
• Average cases last 7 days: 54,369/day
• Average previous 7 days: 53,546/day
• 1.5% increase over previous 7 days
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This information is current as of March 20, 2021.
Source for U.S. information: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#datatracker-home
Source for global information: https://covid19.who.int/table

7. COVID-19 Science Update
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March 12: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report – "Body Mass Index and Risk for COVID-19–Related
Hospitalization, Intensive Care Unit Admission, Invasive Mechanical Ventilation, and Death — United States,
March–December 2020“
• https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7010e4.htm?s_cid=mm7010e4_w
March 19: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report – "Association of Children’s Mode of School
Instruction with Child and Parent Experiences and Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic — COVID
Experiences Survey, United States, October 8–November 13, 2020"
• https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7011a1.htm?s_cid=mm7011a1_w
March 19: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report – “Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19
Incidence by Age, Sex, and Period Among Persons Aged <25 Years — 16 U.S. Jurisdictions, January 1–
December 31, 2020”
• https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7011e1.htm?s_cid=mm7011e1_x

8. cdc.gov/coronavirus
Interim Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated Persons
Tami Hilger Skoff
Epidemiologist, Clinical Guidelines Team
Vaccine Task Force
CDC’s COVID-19 Emergency Response
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9. When you have been Fully Vaccinated:
Interim Public Health Recommendations
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10. COVID-19 vaccinations in the United States
 As of March 21, 2021
– Total Vaccine Doses Administered
• 124,481,412
– People Vaccinated
• At lease one dose: 24.5%
• Fully vaccinated: 13.3%
Available: https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker

11. Fully vaccinated* people can:
 Visit with other fully vaccinated people indoors, no masks or distancing
 Visit with other unvaccinated people from a single household, if low risk,
indoors, no masks, no distancing
 Refrain from quarantine and testing following a known exposure to COVID-
19 if asymptomatic
* ≥2 weeks after the second dose in a 2-dose series (Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna), or ≥2 weeks after a single-dose vaccine (Johnson and
Johnson [J&J]/Janssen)

12. Visits between fully vaccinated people
& unvaccinated people
 Recommendation for prevention measures depends on:
– Underlying risks for severe COVID-19 among unvaccinated people and
members of their households
– Number of households with unvaccinated persons
No Prevention Measures Needed
• Unvaccinated people are from a single
household & are at low risk of severe
COVID-19
Prevention Measures Needed
• Unvaccinated people are from a single
household & at high risk for severe COVID-19
• Unvaccinated people are from multiple
households

13. For now, fully vaccinated people should continue to:
 Take precautions in public, mask and distancing
 Avoid medium- and large-sized in-person gatherings
 Get tested if experiencing COVID-19 symptoms
 Follow guidance issued by individual employers
 Follow CDC and health department travel requirements and
recommendations

14. Supporting scientific evidence
 Fully vaccinated people are at low risk of symptomatic & severe COVID-19
 Fully vaccinated people are less likely to have asymptomatic infection and
potentially less likely to transmit SARS-CoV-2 to others
 COVID-19 vaccines will likely be effective against a variety of emerging
variants, however continued monitoring of emerging variants is critical
– Reduced neutralizing antibody activity and efficacy observed for B.1.351
variant
 Further information on evidence and considerations related to these
recommendations is available in the new Science Brief

15. Web links
 Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People
– https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated-
guidance.html
 Science Brief: Background Rationale and Evidence for Public Health
Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People
– https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/more/fully-vaccinated-
people.html
 When You’ve Been Fully Vaccinated: How to Protect Yourself and Others
– https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/fully-vaccinated.html

16. Q&A with Panelists
Notes
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Dr. Cynthia Ogden
Science Officer in support of the Chief Medical Officer,
CDC COVID-19 Emergency Response
Tami Hilger Skoff
Epidemiologist, Clinical Guidelines Team
Vaccine Task Force
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19 Pandemic"

17. Closing
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