MSNBC’s Dr. Gupta: ‘Just Because You Get Vaccinated with that Second Dose Doesn’t Mean’ You Can Travel

TODD: “Dr. Gupta, final — I know you’ve been — I think you are getting yours this week? Are you getting your vaccination this week?”

GUPTA: “Tomorrow morning. And I’m grateful for it. Chuck, I just wanted to say, just a follow up on what Yasmin mentioned. Just for your viewers out there. I know one of the officials who we just saw getting vaccinated is planning on traveling after the second dose. This is a source of confusion. But no — this is one of the misperceptions here. Just because you get vaccinated with that second dose does not mean you should be participating in things like traveling in the middle of an out-of-control pandemic or that you’re liberated from masks. Everything still applies until all of us get the two-dose regimen. We don’t think that’s going to happen until June, July. And again, this goes back to what we just talked about, Chuck, we don’t know if just getting the vaccination prevents serious illness or does it also prevent you from getting infection entirely, meaning you can still get infected with the virus potentially and pass it on to others so really, really critical. Don’t let your guard down just because you got vaccinated. You still might be able to get —“

TODD: “Right.”

GUPTA: “— infected the virus and pass it on to others, so please keep that in mind.”