Great news from the CDC!

Munimula1 · 2021-04-01T21:49:53.172Z

Where I live, we all wear masks in stores, restaurants, libraries, etc. Everyone.

Camp · 2021-04-01T21:51:25.625Z

Good for you.

Your Covid champion certificate will look great on a nice frame.

DMK · 2021-04-01T22:05:52.897Z

Munimula1:

Where I live, we all wear masks in stores, restaurants, libraries, etc. Everyone.

I kind of like them. Hides my laugh lines.

Munimula1 · 2021-04-01T22:06:13.443Z

Everyone here just does their part.

Munimula1 · 2021-04-01T22:09:10.096Z

DMK:

Munimula1:

Where I live, we all wear masks in stores, restaurants, libraries, etc. Everyone.

I kind of like them. Hides my laugh lines.

Lol- and in addition, I have had a year without a single cough, sniffle, sore throat- nothing.
I am in no rush to ditch the masks in crowded situations, even though I have been fully vaccinated. This was a real life demo on how easily germs get passed around, and how to avoid them.

Munimula1 · 2021-04-01T22:11:42.723Z

https://twitter.com/sarahcpr/status/1377633247010623490?s=20

DMK · 2021-04-01T22:13:26.379Z

Munimula1:

Lol- and in addition, I have had a year without a single cough, sniffle, sore throat- nothing.
I am in no rush to ditch the masks, even though I have been fully vaccinated. This was a real life demo on how easily germs get passed around, and how to avoid them.

I got pretty sick last year. First time in many, many years.

But do not forget, viruses mutate to survive. So, one day masks may not be the go to.

Before COVID, there were warnings about antibiotic resistance. That hasn’t gone away.

DMK · 2021-04-01T22:14:33.447Z

Hey, I’m saving a ton on lipstick, too.

Except when I forget and put a mask on. My guy then gets my lipstick mask when he forgets his. Muwaaahhh haaaa.

Munimula1 · 2021-04-01T22:19:57.169Z

DMK:

But do not forget, viruses mutate to survive. So, one day masks may not be the go to.

How would they mutate enough to circumvent a physical barrier?

DMK · 2021-04-01T22:26:33.356Z

Munimula1:

How would they mutate enough to circumvent a physical barrier?

Your eyes.

Munimula1 · 2021-04-01T22:34:26.799Z

DMK:

Munimula1:

How would they mutate enough to circumvent a physical barrier?

Your eyes.

Ah true.

tzu · 2021-04-01T22:35:18.422Z

Sars Cov 2 can already build a viral load in the eyes.

Munimula1 · 2021-04-01T22:40:03.126Z

@DMK @Tzu Yes, I thought so. But my previous point was this: I am fully vaccinated against Covid and the flu, but will continue to take precautions in crowds, like masking and careful handwashing when in crowded situations, like in a Broadway theater, or an airplane. Why? I have not had a single URI or sore throat since I started taking precautions.

tzu · 2021-04-01T22:41:48.230Z

Same.

Wife’s ofc is keeping a flu season mask policy going forward, because least number of call outs on record.

Munimula1 · 2021-04-01T22:45:15.893Z

tzu:

Same.

Wife’s ofc is keeping a flu season mask policy going forward, because least number of call outs on record.

And this is not a political issue for me- I just enjoyed not being sick for a year.

tzu · 2021-04-01T22:47:49.202Z

Wife, the same. I’ve never had the flu, so I don’t get the significance, but they literally had zero flu cases in a practice with a hundred people on the floor, and everyone wants to keep that up.

WuWei · 2021-04-01T22:48:54.293Z

tnt:

I don’t understand this last line -

“Now they can rewrite guidelines and say vaccinated people can be around unvaccinated people even without masks and distancing,” said Ghandi. “Not out in public because we don’t know who is vaccinated and who is not, still going to maintain masks and distancing until everyone who wants to get a vaccine can get it.”

Why would it matter if we know who is vaccinated or not out in public if the vaccination is that solid? I understand the question mark about the variants, but not this.

You’re learning.

WuWei · 2021-04-01T22:51:03.583Z

AZslim:

Just a month or two more to be safe isn’t a huge request, is it?

13 months.

WuWei · 2021-04-01T22:52:15.359Z

Munimula1:

You’d need a vaccine passport to go maskless, to show that you won’t infect others.

There we go.

Munimula1 · 2021-04-01T22:58:14.491Z

tzu:

Wife, the same. I’ve never had the flu, so I don’t get the significance, but they literally had zero flu cases in a practice with a hundred people on the floor, and everyone wants to keep that up.

I don’t think have I ever had the flu either, but maybe it’s because I have been taking the vaccine for 10 years, I do know that as a teacher, I have had 2-3 bad colds , coughs, sore throats each year. Kids come to school sick. Also, I often have an illness after flying. I’d like to vaoid that, and now I know how.