Conavirus......

[Tybee]

I'm praying my parents get the vaccine soon. They are officially in outbreak status at their facility, as of a week ago.

[JaneV2.0]

From the sound of it, these vaccines are effective--but for how long? That's my primary concern.

I don't get the hysteria around "control." Do you feel the same way about seat belts? There are a million ways corporations, governments, and peers exercise control, from expecting people to wear clothes, to the necessity of paying taxes and fees. But you only draw the line at masks designed to protect you and others in a time when 3000+ are dying every day?

[happystuff]

But it is about control, not health.

And this is the biggest lie you are living with and arguing about and believing in - this is NOT about control, this IS about health!!! For yourself and others!!! You can't seem to grasp this or simply refuse to.

[bae]

Masks should only be needed for those who are not vaccinated.

Dr. Yppej speaks. Please come by at your soonest convenience and educate the "experts" in charge of the protocols for my infectious disease response team....

(Hey, also, could you ask them about not bothering to check my blood titers on a regular basis for all the other stuff I get vaccinated for, I'd sure love to avoid the pesky blood draws and all of that.)

Being able to ditch the mask would be an incentive to get the shot.

I think probably being able to avoid intubation for yourself and others should be sufficient motivation. Then again, intubation always looks like such fun when we do it. Maybe it'll become a sport?

[Yppej]

From the sound of it, these vaccines are effective--but for how long? That's my primary concern.

I don't get the hysteria around "control." Do you feel the same way about seat belts? There are a million ways corporations, governments, and peers exercise control, from expecting people to wear clothes, to the necessity of paying taxes and fees. But you only draw the line at masks designed to protect you and others in a time when 3000+ are dying every day?

Did you read the article I posted a link to? Some of these "experts" want us wearing masks forever, long after the pandemic is over. In my state they have convinced the governor to mandate that you wear a mask at all times, even if you are out hiking in the middle of nowhere with no one else around. They have convinced him to impose a curfew as if covid particles were nocturnal animals only out to infect you at night. It is restriction on top of restriction on top of restriction the most visible manifestation of which is masking. Masks symbolize the entire loss of civil liberties during the pandemic by politicians who themselves jet around the country, hold indoor parties and gatherings (not wearing masks themselves, do as I say not as I do), violate business closures by secretly and illegally getting their hair done, etc. There are two sets of rules and as a little person I justifiably resent the way the elites have handled the pandemic.

[jp1]

Ignore the rules if you don't like them. Other than a few restaurant owners that have been fined or forced to shut down there doesn't seem to be much legal penalty in doing so.

But when you end up sick and potentially in the hospital or morgue like trump or melania or herman cain or ben carson or amy coney barret or rudy guiliani or ben sasse or donald trump jr or rick scott or chuck grassley or the republicans in the Arizona legislature or the Republicans in the Michigan legislature or any of many other non-mask, non-rule followers don't expect much sympathy from anyone.

[Tammy]

I think the vaccines are a good idea, but strongly disagree with those who say even if you get vaccinated - or everyone gets vaccinated - life must continue to be restricted. Why get the vaccines then? Because in some far corner of the planet one person might die from a virus that lies dormant but never dies?

Because it’s only for several months as we roll out vaccines to all. It’s not forever.

Nothing is instantaneous.

[Teacher Terry]

No one is trying to control you. People that think that have more issues than the virus.

[happystuff]

No one is trying to control you. People that think that have more issues than the virus.

+1

[rosarugosa]

Jeppy: The good news is that if you are in the middle of nowhere with nobody else around, you can absolutely get away without wearing your mask. When I'm out walking, I pick and choose when I need to have my mask on my face and I see plenty of others doing the same. I do err more on the side of masking where I am more likely to encounter people, e.g. busy sidewalks in the town centers.