Fast Facts for April 2, 2021
Fully vaccinated and want to travel??
The CDC says – go ahead. Well, be smart about it but go ahead.
The new guidance was issued today and says fully vaccinated people are less likely to get and spread covid 19. And fully vaccinated means, two weeks after your final vaccine dose.
So, because of that – when they travel domestically — the CDC says fully vaccinated people should wear mask, maintain social distance, and wash your hands. You do not have to get a covid19 test prior to travel and you do not have to quarantine.
If you’re fully vaccinated and want to travel abroad — the CDC says you need to follow the guidance of travel for those countries. Because some are much different than the united states. If you’re travelling abroad – even if you’re fully vaccinated – the us government will still require you to have a negative covid19 test before you reenter the country. And obviously, the CDC says you should wear a mask, maintain social distance and wash your hands.
The CDC is also says – with covid19 cases increasing across the world – even if you’re fully vaccinated, it might not be a good idea to travel right now. But it doesn’t appear that people are listening. Since march 11th the TSA has reported more than a million travelers per day have gone through airport security in this country.
Domestic Travel: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/travel-during-covid19.html
International Travel: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/international-travel-during-covid19.html
PLUS
Some good news for our economy and for jobs.
The march jobs report released today shows the job market boomed in march – really for the first time since the summer.
916-thousand jobs were created in march and the unemployment rate is down to 6-percent. Significantly better than economists had predicted.
Check out this graphic from the bureau of labor statistics…
You can see at the height of the pandemic the we were sitting at 14.8% unemployment – and now – that number has come back down to 6%.
So what does this mean for you – with the economy improving so dramatically – lawmakers will be less likely to want to spend any more money on stimulus or federal unemployment benefits after the current package expires.
The president says all this good news is a result of his aggressive vaccine roll out and the American Rescue stimulus package that was passed. But he says now is not the time to take our foot off the gas and doubled down on his push for congress to pass his $2.2 trillion infrastructure plan.
Full jobs report: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
Jobs graphics: https://www.bls.gov/charts/employment-situation/civilian-unemployment-rate.htm
