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I would agree. I know the "post-vaccine mask recommendation" is based on the fact that we're not sure if (and how likely it is for) vaccinated people can spread it.
There are always people whose immune systems are going to be janky enough that they can get covid twice, still get it even though they got vaccinated, and so on. But those are an extremely small number - almost too small to count. We're nearly a year past the start of clinical trials, and we're up to like 160 million shots in the general population here, plus millions more around the world. We don't have evidence that vaccinated people can spread the virus, so even if its possible, its going to probably come back to those same small people with janky immune systems. In other words, we're so far out in the tail of the data to even wonder if its possible that there's simply no reason to give the recommendations the CDC is giving. Indeed, when pressed on it, people like Dr. Fauci essentially say they're being over conservative and their guidance will change soon, they're just letting time pass. In other words, vaccinated people in any measurable number can't spread the virus, they just haven't formally said it out loud...but its what the data shows.