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In reply to the discussion: Mask up even if vaccinated. Even if Vaccinated! [View all]TexasBushwhacker
(20,131 posts)125. Most people are still masking where I live in Houston
but they probably aren't in Amarillo.
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Never took mine off! At the grocery just now, I was only one of a half dozen ppl with a mask
PortTack
Jul 2021
#2
I guess I just don't pay attention to whether others are looking at me or not.
Treefrog
Jul 2021
#16
keeps them on their toes. if unvaxxed people see people with masks some might think twice, again....
certainot
Jul 2021
#165
Yes. But the that is an individual isolated viral particle at it's most extreme.
StClone
Jul 2021
#27
My understanding is that the masks filter the aerosol droplets that the virus is attached to.
Arkansas Granny
Jul 2021
#8
i rarely go into town and carry my mask in full sight and put it on if the area is crowded
samnsara
Jul 2021
#4
You are contradicting the latest advice from both the CDC and the Biden Administration's Covid
totodeinhere
Jul 2021
#15
There is still the potential to spread it to those who cannot be vaccinated.
StarryNite
Jul 2021
#19
No. If fully vaccinated people continue to wear masks they are are trying to avoid a risk.
totodeinhere
Jul 2021
#91
I never said that the CDC is the gold standard. And neither is any other source.
totodeinhere
Jul 2021
#191
The latest and best information indicates that wearing seatbelts increases safety and in my
totodeinhere
Jul 2021
#187
Correct. To a doctor, a "mild case" is one that doesn't involve hospitalization.
Pinback
Jul 2021
#98
Rachel Maddow's partner had a "mild" case, in that she was never hospitalized,
Crunchy Frog
Jul 2021
#110
I'm not afraid of it but the risk of my having long term health problems is so
totodeinhere
Jul 2021
#101
Because....you aren't. You are following a politicized (under Trump) organization
Thtwudbeme
Jul 2021
#103
The unvaxed should take precautions and adhere to NPI then. I'm not going to inconveniently ...
uponit7771
Jul 2021
#121
I do wear a mask anywhere it is required. But after all, the CDC has a new director
totodeinhere
Jul 2021
#183
THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 I'm not going to wear an extra seatbelt just to take my probability of a bad ...
uponit7771
Jul 2021
#123
Vaxes were never meant to be a preventative from infection but hospitalizations and death ...
uponit7771
Jul 2021
#120
" that's not universally the case" it is universally the cause, there's only 3% dying or going to ..
uponit7771
Jul 2021
#127
Did you read my earlier post? We know of someone who ended up in ICU, fully vaxxed.
Crunchy Frog
Jul 2021
#129
Of course, that's expected less than 3% of the vaxed are going to ICU's though and 97% of the
uponit7771
Jul 2021
#132
The mRNA vaccines were definitely 'sold' as preventing all disease in 90-some-odd percent.
NH Ethylene
Jul 2021
#151
No they weren't, the data that came out stated plainly what their efficacy was
uponit7771
Jul 2021
#161
NEJM data shows 88% effective against delta and I still never got from the INITITAL studies ...
uponit7771
Jul 2021
#188
Infection rate in my area is quite low, but growing. I still wear an N95 inside. Everywhere.
HUAJIAO
Jul 2021
#34
If you're willing to pay a little more, you can buy directly from Demetech, a U.S. company:
tanyev
Jul 2021
#57
Indoors, I never stopped. Not even under the constant peer pressure to fit in at work.
ffr
Jul 2021
#44
I concur. From my quarantine room, in my house, 4 months after my 2nd shot
The Polack MSgt
Jul 2021
#47
I'd be interested in a metric of risk (personal and otherwise) vs. the flu risk in a normal year.
gulliver
Jul 2021
#56
One metric has been proposed for choosing mask or maskless (altho not in comparison to flu)
KatK
Jul 2021
#122
Got back from Costco a bit ago. Nearly all were mask free, even the elderly. We had ours on but I
KewlKat
Jul 2021
#73
Two Moderna shots here, 2nd one 3 weeks ago, and I got the Delta monster...
Justice matters.
Jul 2021
#77
Some people at my work were comfortable enough to have a baby shower this week.
tanyev
Jul 2021
#124
I think we are seeing breakthroughs not only because Delta is a bad hombre but also,
wiggs
Jul 2021
#130
If masks work, why are cases rising in Japan where mask compliance was high even before the pandemic
Yavin4
Jul 2021
#139
Good point! Although the deaths per million population is much lower than many other countries.
NH Ethylene
Jul 2021
#173
Are you seriously saying that if something doesn't prevent 100% of infections, it doesn't work?
Ms. Toad
Jul 2021
#171
At different times, you have called me "ignorant" and "illiterate" because I do not agree with you.
Yavin4
Jul 2021
#194
Really? You have told us before no masking for you cause Joe said it was ok.
boston bean
Jul 2021
#172