HomeMy WebLinkAbout04082021_Imper_Vaccinated carpoolingFrom:Rachel S. Imper
To:Board of Health
Subject:Question on safety for vaccinated people
Date:Thursday, April 8, 2021 10:13:24 AM
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Hi!
First, thank you so much for all your efforts to get Jefferson County vaccinated. My husbandand I were immensely pleased to receive our vaccinations. You have done a heroic job!
I do have a question that I have not been able to find an answer to anywhere. (I have read the
CDC guidelines for vaccinated people, and we are following them strictly.)
However the guidelines say nothing about vaccinated people sharing a car. We and our friendswho are vaccinated want to go hiking together. Would we be relatively safe to share a car to
go to a trailhead? If we did share a ride with them, should we wear masks in that enclosedspace, given that no vaccine is 100 percent and the variants are widely circulating?
The evidence seems to be building that vaccinated people are unlikely to harbor high amounts
of the virus, but I realize the data is not yet complete.
I would really appreciate your thoughts.
Rachel Imper