It had previously said vaccinated people could lose the mask when outdoors, which is pretty safe even for unvaccinated people. But don’t toss out your face mask and rush out on the town just yet. But the bigger complication is this: How do you know whether people have been fully vaccinated? What you can be sure of is that the odds are good that most of the strangers passing through a public place, masked or not, are not fully vaccinated. But this well-intentioned announcement is likely to confuse people and lead to more resistance to mask wearing among unvaccinated people, as well as put pressure on state and local health officials to drop mask mandates earlier than is wise.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 13, 2021 23:17 UTC