CNN host John Berman on Wednesday pressed the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on why the agency updated its guidance to recommend that many Americans wear masks again, including vaccinated individuals.

“You can understand the frustration in those of us who are vaccinated saying, ‘Why the hell do I have to pay the price for this?' ” Berman told CDC Director Rochelle WalenskyRochelle WalenskyCDC backtracks with new mask guidance Overnight Health Care: CDC advises vaccinated to wear masks in high-risk areas | Biden admin considering vaccine mandate for federal workers CDC: Vaccinated people should now wear masks in high transmission areas MORE on "New Day.".

"We're asking everyone in those areas of orange and red to mask up," she said, adding people who are fully vaccinated and are in a red or "high-risk" area of transmissibility have a "reasonably high chance" of still spreading the virus to other people. .