So, how will we recognize the anti-mask fucktards?

I guess the Karens will no longer need to speak to the manager when they get tossed from Walmart for NOT wearing their masks

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That was rhetorical and meant to be in pink font, right?

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That's the point that many people seem to miss: vaccines prevent disease, not infection.

Given the insane transmissibility of the new Indian variant, the vaccine(s) might not be nearly as effective at stopping transmission as we'd hope for in a society with so many anti-vaxxers.

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Depends on the vaccine. Some vaccines are sterilizing (none of the COVID ones have demonstrated that, to my knowledge, but some vaccines for other diseases have demonstrated that).

I think there's evidence that some of the COVID vaccines seriously reduce transmission.

This is the exact problem the UK is now very worried about.

Well not quite.

Just because it's super transmissible doesn't mean much. It just means you are more likely to encounter the virus. If the vaccine is working well, the virus you get in you gets wiped out by your immune system before it starts doing much damage, or rises to the level at which you start breathing it out onto others.

There are anti-vaxxers out there now saying they’re going to start wearing masks to protect them from the “poison” being shed by those who’ve had the vaccine and are now starting to stop wearing masks. There will always be a more stupid iteration of this story.

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Nashville is the same as of tomorrow. I will be interested to hear what the Preds say when they are planning to have 12,000 people at games 3 and 4 of the Stanley Cup playoffs next week. I may rethink my tickets depending on their answer.

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I have gotten my 2 shots and am 3 weeks post second shot. I will continue to wear my mask until I feel that more people have gotten the shot. I also will continue to avoid people until my daughter is fully vaccinated (first shot now Saturday, previously appt. for Tuesday). I've gone this long being safe, why fuck that up????

You vaccinated?

I feel sorry for you, living in such fear.

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I know right, all those people wearing seatbelts, living in fear.

Do you walk around your house wearing a helmet? If not why not?

I bet you wear a mask while driving by yourself in your car, or walking your dog outside by yourself.

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Exactly, no seat belts or helmets for me, I don't live in fear!!!!!!!

Do you the difference between why the CDC was recommended wearing a mask indoors prior to this and why they recommend wearing a seatbelt? The former was based on caution until data was generated to show that it wasn’t needed. The later is based on data showing that it is needed.

If the scientific community came out with a consensus position that wearing seatbelts and helmets did not significantly impact one’s chances of injury in an accident, would you continue to use them?

I suppose you could claim fear. I would characterize his action as mature considerate compassion for his family.

Now it is official

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I don't have to wear a mask but my two little kids do. I'm not going to walk into a store with them masked and me not. Just like I wear a bike helmet around the block with them, so they feel comfortable as a family.

I think the venn diagram of people that won't live in fear by wearing a mask and feel being armed for a trip to Walmart for safety is reasonable is damn near a circle

After the past year, it is not suprising that people are more cautious to change behavior. Especially this behavior that is very little effort and does not harm others. So being feeling cautious here is not a big deal and I don't think it is crazy. This is very different than at the start of the pandemic where masks became a thing, because in that instance the effort was low for the individual and the affect on the public was huge, so it made sense to force people to move fast.

I think your example would illustrate this. If the CDC came out right now and said seatbelts are not needed, would you immediately stop using them? Or do you think it would be transition over time as you got comfortable doing it?

I'm three months post second shot and if anybody has anything to say about my mask, they can come and take it!

Kids get their first shots next week(possibly tomorrow) and people are nasty, so I will keep masking in any environment I choose until I don't want to anymore.

Going to take me awhile to give it up.

I'm going to keep masking up when I go into stores for a week or two, just to see how this plays out. I don't know if Costco, for example, is going to drop all mask requirements/recommendations tomorrow. This is new.

And I'm not going to burn my masks. I'm keeping them just in case. I didn't know that I would ever need them not too long ago.

I asked my hairdresser if she will wear a mask once the guidance comes out. She said she would just to be safe. I will absolutely wear mine when getting a haircut from her to make her feel comfortable and as some have said this causes zero hassle for me. I just see it as the respectful thing to do.

I went the entire winter without any colds or runny noses or anything like that... I also wasn't going to the pool and I was being somewhat careful about staying in my "bubble" of acquaintances (and social distancing when I was outside of my bubble), so there are a few complicating factors in there, but... I wish I'd tried this out when I was doing triathlons. Losing a few days of good training a few times a year probably would've mattered to me back then...

My initial feeling on this is that the mask bothers me less than the colds, and I'm not super vain or narcissistic, so I don't care too much about what people think about my appearance... I think I'm going to keep on wearing masks even after I'm vaccinated.

Denizens of the LR: With the exception of the occasional odd look I might receive from someone I don't know (and whose opinion is probably not particularly meaningful to me), is there any reason to think that adopting this behavior WON'T make my life quantifiably better?

Doesn’t the beeping of the seat belt alarm drive you crazy?