Now that more than a quarter of Virginians are fully vaccinated, many are wondering when we can get rid of our masks.
Doctors at UVA Health say it’s safe in certain situations if you’ve been fully vaccinated.
Experts say data proves it’s safe to gather without a mask when some people have both doses indoor or outdoors.
If you’re fully vaccinated it’s also okay to gather maskless if others are not fully vaccinated, but at low risk for COVID-19.
Eventually, you won’t need to mask up.
”I think fundamentally that those mask requirements will be going away and hopefully in the near future as we see more people getting vaccinated but for the time being it makes sense having those broader requests that people wear masks in public,” said Dr. Patrick Johnson of UVA Health.
Dr. Johnson said as more people get vaccinated, we should start to see cases drop. That’s when we will be able to safely get rid of mask mandates.