Doctors asking people who have been fully vaccinated to continue COVID-19 protocols – WKOW

GREEN BAY (WKOW/WBAY) -- So far, just over 6 percent of Wisconsin's population has been vaccinated, and it may seem only natural to want to go back to a semblance of normal life by hanging in larger groups or ditching the mask.

For now, doctors are asking you not to, and want fully vaccinated Wisconsinites to continue social distancing and masking up.

Theres this mixed message, like, Okay, you should get the vaccine but then you have to continue to do everything just the same as you had been doing it, said Bellin Healths Infectious Disease Physician Dr. Michael Landrum. So then its, Well, whats the advantage of it? Why am I getting it?

Dr. Landrum tells our Green Bay affiliate that the vaccines are very effective in preventing the virus, and the risk of dying as a result of COVID-19 is virtually zero.

But to that point, the vaccines currently on the market don't offer 100 percent immunity, and researchers still don't know if the vaccine reduces transmission. To that end, Landrum says masking up and social distancing are still the way to add that extra layer of protection for yourself and others.

He says he expects the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to come out with some more concrete post-vaccination protocols in the coming days.

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