Axios PM: CDC’s thumbs-up

Plus: Sheryl Sandberg on the week that changed everything | Monday, March 08, 2021

Open in app View in browser   Presented By Comcast   Axios PM By Mike Allen ·Mar 08, 2021 Good afternoon: Today's PM — edited by Justin Green — is 399 words, a 1.5-minute read. 🚨 Situational awareness: New York City's public high schools will reopen for some in-person classes on March 22. Go deeper. Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri became the fifth Senate Republican to announce he won't run for re-election in 2022. Go deeper.     1 big thing: CDC gives fully vaccinated thumbs-up Illustration: Annelise Capossela/Axios   Fully vaccinated people can begin taking reasonable steps toward normal life, the CDC said today. Why it matters: Less than 10% of the U.S. population meets this metric, but it provides hope after a year of isolation for many people. Among the CDC recommendations for those who got their final dose at least two weeks ago: Can see their families indoors maskless, provided they're local and no one is at risk for severe illness. Can congregate indoors maskless with other fully vaccinated people. No need to quarantine if exposed to COVID but free of symptoms. The big picture: Fully vaccinated people are being asked to continue wearing masks and social distancing in public, Axios' Marisa Fernandez reports. The CDC isn't adjusting travel guidance because a majority of Americans remain unvaccinated. The bottom line: A record 2.9 million vaccine doses were administered Saturday, WashPost reports.     2. Pics du jour Photo: Chesnot/Getty Images Above: Parisians gather along the banks of the Seine river yesterday. Below: A sign welcomed fans to an NHL game between the Flyers and Capitals in Philadelphia. Fans were allowed at the arena for the first time in 362 days. Photo: Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images     A message from Comcast Connecting over four million students to the internet     COVID-19 has highlighted the need for digital equity and Internet adoption programs. Since 2011, Comcast's Internet Essentials program has connected over four million students from low income families to low-cost, high speed internet, so students can be ready for anything. Learn more.     3. Royal interview draws big   Oprah Winfrey's explosive interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle drew a whopping 17.1 million viewers, Axios' Sara Fischer reports. #OprahMeghanHarry, as well as the names and words "Meghan," "Archie," "Kate," "Charles," "Diana," "William" and "royal" all trended within the top 10 on Twitter last night, CBS noted. Go deeper: 5 explosive claims/revelations     4. 🎧 Sheryl Sandberg on the week that changed everything Photo illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios. Photo: Paul Marotta/Getty Image   Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg thought Mark Zuckerberg was "nuts" when he raised the possibility in January 2020 that the company's 50,000 employees might have to work from home, she told Dan Primack on Axios Re:Cap. "I was like, 'What do you mean there'd be a pandemic. What's a pandemic? And would we really work from home?' But he said, 'No, no. It's possible that everyone's going to have to, like, go home.'" The big picture: Sandberg called the pandemic a "crisis for women," but said Facebook was able to retain people by providing additional COVID leave so their "attrition rates of women are not higher than our attrition rates of men." Axios is looking back at the week of March 9, 2020 — the week high-profile leaders were forced to make consequential choices that upended our lives and society. Subscribe to Axios Re:Cap here.     A message from Comcast Connecting over four million students to the internet     COVID-19 has highlighted the need for digital equity and Internet adoption programs. Since 2011, Comcast's Internet Essentials program has connected over four million students from low income families to low-cost, high speed internet, so students can be ready for anything. Learn more.     Axios thanks our partners for supporting our newsletters. Sponsorship has no influence on editorial content. Axios, 3100 Clarendon B‌lvd, Suite 1300, Arlington VA 22201   You received this email because you signed up for newsletters from Axios. Change your preferences or unsubscribe here.   Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up now to get Axios in your inbox.   Follow Axios on social media: