Surgeon General: CDC's Mask Guidance Shows Vaccines 'Effective in Preventing the COVID-19 Virus from Infecting Us'

On Tuesday's broadcast of CNN's "Situation Room," Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy stated that the CDC's updated mask guidance is "another demonstration of what science has been telling us over the last many months, which is that vaccines are effective in preventing the COVID-19 virus from infecting us and the more people who get vaccinated, the more quickly we can resume our activities."