As you might expect, social media reaction was mixed toward the CDC’s new mask guidelines.

The CDC’s new guidance announced Thursday allows COVID-vaccinated people to ditch their masks indoors in many instances.

The CDC still is calling for wearing masks in crowded indoor settings such as buses, planes and hospitals but eased restrictions for reopening workplaces and schools.

Here is a sample of responses on Twitter:

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Cuthbert is the county seat of Randolph County, one of 94 Georgia counties that registered more deaths than births in 2024. The county's hospital closed in 2020, leaving longtime state Rep. Gerald Greene to drivce himself 46 miles to Albany while suffering from a kidney stone recently. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

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