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I saw lots of pushback back to outdoor masking and now the ‘experts’ have learned it is essentially meaningless. Did not benefit fellow Americans. The fact outdoor masking is relatively painless should not be a reason for the enforced practice. Somehow certain folks (for political or irrational reasons) really veered from the science.
And they are having trouble self-correcting. (We still see the gloved shoppers, package scrubbers, and outdoor maskers...although the saner ones have come back to the science.)
Hind site is 20/20. I would rather be cautious and have it turn out to be overkill. Wearing a mask hasn't harmed me in any way.
For what it's worth I only ever wore one outside when in close proximity to people, and again it harmed me in no way.
When this all started no one knew what we were dealing with. It only makes sense that as we learn more we find that some precautions were/are unnecessary.
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I saw lots of pushback back to outdoor masking and now the ‘experts’ have learned it is essentially meaningless. Did not benefit fellow Americans. The fact outdoor masking is relatively painless should not be a reason for the enforced practice. Somehow certain folks (for political or irrational reasons) really veered from the science.
And they are having trouble self-correcting. (We still see the gloved shoppers, package scrubbers, and outdoor maskers...although the saner ones have come back to the science.)
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Originally Posted by KFC.ONE
Hind site is 20/20. I would rather be cautious and have it turn out to be overkill. Wearing a mask hasn't harmed me in any way.
For what it's worth I only ever wore one outside when in close proximity to people, and again it harmed me in no way.
When this all started no one knew what we were dealing with. It only makes sense that as we learn more we find that some precautions were/are unnecessary.
Actually, the images from Italy were pretty clear (the vast majority of folks dying were quite old and lived at home [indoors ] with their families).
Beyond that, it took a year for the ‘experts’ to find out Covid spreads indoors?
And several months for the ‘experts’ to realize package scrubbing and gloved shopping was more about superstition than science?
Gotta wonder what else they’ve whiffed on.
I’m thinking fully vaccinated folks don’t need to mask up. For starters.
It won't be forever, but I will definitely enjoy telling businesses that I'm sorry for their lost sale when they tell me I still have to wear one in their store after Cuomo lifts the mandate
I agree with the OP. I was in a bar last week in NYC (on a date) standing with her at the bar while we paid our tab before leaving which took all of one minute. Bc we just so happened to be standing without our masks on (the rule is you can only remove when sitting) the bartender scolded the both of us saying you both need to put your masks on. Kinda had enough of that kind of thing. Mind you both of us were fully vaccinated the first chance we could get, not like that seems to mean a thing.
So what? People are still getting COVID, even after vaccination. We still need to be careful. I was in a coffee shop last week, and some guy comes strolling in with his mask down. Everyone just looked at him like he was nuts and moved away from him. Then he finally pulled it back up. I'm fully vaccinated, and nothing has changed as far as I'm concerned. You still need to wear a mask when you're inside around lots of people.
Well, the false claims regarding outdoor Covid spread and the bizarre camp guidelines made the CDC look more foolish than ever. And everyone and his brother now realize last week's fully fully-vaccinated guidelines (and the goofy mask theatre from the fully vaccinated president ) were a joke.
They even lost CNN.
So now the backtracking begins:
C.D.C. Says Vaccinated People Can Go Maskless in Most Places
Roni Caryn Rabin and Apoorva Mandavilli 1 hr ago
In a sharp turnabout from previous recommendations, federal health officials on Thursday advised that Americans who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus may stop wearing masks or maintaining social distance in most indoor and outdoor settings, regardless of size.
“The science is clear: If you are fully vaccinated, you are protected, and you can start doing the things that you stopped doing because of the pandemic,” the C.D.C. said in a statement on Thursday.
Allowing immunized people to go mask-free indoors may help persuade more people to opt for the vaccine, said Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Organization in Saskatchewan, Canada. Removing mask requirements “is another incentive that is extremely low cost and is very much supported by evidence.”
Of course the 'err on the safe siders' (AKA 'deny the science') can still do the mask theatrics to their hearts content.
Well, the false claims regarding outdoor Covid spread and the bizarre camp guidelines made the CDC look more foolish than ever. And everyone and his brother now realize last week's fully fully-vaccinated guidelines (and the goofy mask theatre from the fully vaccinated president ) were a joke.
They even lost CNN.
So now the backtracking begins:
C.D.C. Says Vaccinated People Can Go Maskless in Most Places
Roni Caryn Rabin and Apoorva Mandavilli 1 hr ago
In a sharp turnabout from previous recommendations, federal health officials on Thursday advised that Americans who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus may stop wearing masks or maintaining social distance in most indoor and outdoor settings, regardless of size.
“The science is clear: If you are fully vaccinated, you are protected, and you can start doing the things that you stopped doing because of the pandemic,” the C.D.C. said in a statement on Thursday.
Allowing immunized people to go mask-free indoors may help persuade more people to opt for the vaccine, said Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Organization in Saskatchewan, Canada. Removing mask requirements “is another incentive that is extremely low cost and is very much supported by evidence.”
Of course the 'err on the safe siders' (AKA 'deny the science') can still do the mask theatrics to their hearts content.
Well, the false claims regarding outdoor Covid spread and the bizarre camp guidelines made the CDC look more foolish than ever. And everyone and his brother now realize last week's fully fully-vaccinated guidelines (and the goofy mask theatre from the fully vaccinated president ) were a joke.
They even lost CNN.
So now the backtracking begins:
C.D.C. Says Vaccinated People Can Go Maskless in Most Places
Roni Caryn Rabin and Apoorva Mandavilli 1 hr ago
In a sharp turnabout from previous recommendations, federal health officials on Thursday advised that Americans who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus may stop wearing masks or maintaining social distance in most indoor and outdoor settings, regardless of size.
“The science is clear: If you are fully vaccinated, you are protected, and you can start doing the things that you stopped doing because of the pandemic,” the C.D.C. said in a statement on Thursday.
Allowing immunized people to go mask-free indoors may help persuade more people to opt for the vaccine, said Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Organization in Saskatchewan, Canada. Removing mask requirements “is another incentive that is extremely low cost and is very much supported by evidence.”
Of course the 'err on the safe siders' (AKA 'deny the science') can still do the mask theatrics to their hearts content.
You just realized covid essentially doesn’t spread outdoors and fully vaccinated people are, you know, vaccinated?
And the gloved shoppers, package scrubbers and beach closers seemed rational?
Well, everybody’s different I guess.
Yeah, I get all that. I just choose not to whine about it.
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