CDC updates mask policy UPDATE 5/13/2021**** (party, world, facts, location)

[GoldenPineTree]

Originally Posted by ChristineVA

What's so hard to understand.

She was against taking the vaccine for COVID-19. She then catches COVID-19 and gets one of those horriific cases. She is now urging her loved ones who are resisting to get the vaccine and she wished she had gotten it in March when she was eligible.

I consider eating and walking pretty basic functions for an adult. Oh and getting to the bathroom by herself and not wear a diaper?

Her recovery will likely never be 100% and she's upset about that. Go figure.

I've known people who got strokes who basically were that bad, and they were so gone, they weren't talking about anything coherent. My godmother (who got a stroke and ended up dying 3 years later) would talk about her long dead sisters, and she still could eat and use the bathroom on her own.

I'm not saying you're lying, or exaggerating. But I'm suspicious she could be so badly damaged and still be coherent.

[ATX Wahine]

If you're high risk, at this point the onus is upon you to stay home. The rest of the planet is past-due for some living.

[moneill]

I'm balancing risk of getting the virus and the risk of getting very sick.

Those risks are minimal given I'm vaccinated and more are vaccinated. Also I don't go to a whole bunch of places with lots of people for lots of time.....not likely to pick up the virus, so not likely to spread it.

Let's be kind to those that need time to adapt. We all have different stress levels, anxiety tolerances.....

[suzy_q2010]

Originally Posted by ATX Wahine

If you're high risk, at this point the onus is upon you to stay home. The rest of the planet is past-due for some living.

It's not a good idea to spike the football before you get to the end zone.

[moneill]

Originally Posted by katharsis

That is EXACTLY what I would like to know. And I will never agree to any kind of tracking system.

The CDC is ADVISING.....that is not enforcing anything -- it's a guideline.

Nobody is suggesting a tracking system except for people planting the seed to get folks talking as if it is on the table.

It isn't

[dashrendar4454]

Originally Posted by MJJersey

You should still wear the mask. Lots of people and kids are not vaccinated. If everyone wears proper masks it will continue to reduce the spread.

Until...?

[ATX Wahine]

Originally Posted by suzy_q2010

It's not a good idea to spike the football before you get to the end zone.

That's good advice for everyday life. I won't argue against it. That's not what I'm doing here, however.

[suzy_q2010]

Originally Posted by dashrendar4454

Until...?

... cases and deaths are low enough that there will be little chance of a susceptible person encountering an infected person..

[TMSRetired]

Originally Posted by suzy_q2010

... cases and deaths are low enough that there will be little chance of a susceptible person encountering an infected person..

That's what Fauci told Congress and when asked.."how many cases is low enough"...would not answer.

It was all supposed to be about flattening the curve.

Now it's about eradicating it via vaccination which will never happen IMO.

[Aussiehoff]

Originally Posted by suzy_q2010

... cases and deaths are low enough that there will be little chance of a susceptible person encountering an infected person..

So you think this decision by Biden's handlers to tell the CDC what to say is politically motivated?