So do the rest of us have to be restricted forever to compensate a minority? Not trying to be crass but literally what are we supposed to do? They don't want it. The CDC is not doing themselves any favors with their current messaging.
Yeah, I have mixed feelings about the new guidance for sure, especially when it comes to kids not yet eligible, but you're right - what can you do for the people that refuse to protect themselves at this point, and will be dishonest about it? There are no good solutions.
my sympathies lie only with the small part of the population that either cannot get the vaccine due a health condition, or those that find the vaccine is not effective for them because they are immunosuppressed and their body won't create the blueprint.
I've been reading a lot about the aerosol v droplet debate and, yep, we got it so wrong (and are continuing to do so).Was this already shared here?
The 60-Year-Old Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill
All pandemic long, scientists brawled over how the virus spreads. Droplets! No, aerosols! At the heart of the fight was a teensy error with huge consequences.www.wired.com
Explains a lot of the confusion and mixed messaging about masks through 2020, and makes a strong argument for wearing masks during flu seasons going forward.
Not forever, but maybe until the whole population is eligible for vaccination?
I know it feels this way in some places, but I just got my second dose Friday. I won't be fully vaccinated for 2 weeks, and I signed up for an appointment the day I was eligible. I know vaccines are easy to get in many places (moreso in places with low interest), but not everywhere, and many of the most vulnerable communities have the least access. It is too early to claim that everyone who wants it has it by now. A lot of younger people weren't even eligible until very recently. And no one under 16 is eligible yet. Children make up 20% of new cases (of course their proportion will naturally increase as adults are vaccinated).
yes, agreed. I wasn't necessarily positing that I agree with the moves being made this second, and I'm still wearing masks indoors in public- for the sake of employees comfort and to help reinforce the idea for the gen pop.
My 13 year old nephew just got his first shot yesterday here in Dallas. We're about to sign our 13 year old up for one.
Who on the left is ignoring the CDC? This would do numbers on /r/enlightenedcentrism.
Look at the folks clinging to masks in light of the cdc’s updated directives regarding masking.
I mean.. is that really much of an issue? I'm vaccinated but I'll probably keep wearing masks (by my own discretion) in public spaces out of an abundance of caution for a bit longer at least. Even then, wearing masks SHOULD become commonplace when you're sick and in public anyway.
That could be the case, but it isn’t. There’s a really strong data set that says the masks aren’t needed for the vaccinated. Hell, they were never needed outside.
