Do you believe the pandemic is over?

[kentuck]

Do you still wear your mask?

It seems most people believe that it is over?

However, I read that the number of cases last week exceeded those of the week before?

There is a great desire in the country for things to return to normal.

The trauma of the last few years, not just the last year, has taken its toll on everybody.

Are all of the hopes premature?

[underpants]

1. No. Yes. Not sure what you read.

[Hugin]

2. It's a global pandemic.

So, no.

[area51]

3. No, I don't believe the pandemic is over. The virus is still mutating,

and many outside the US don't have the ability to get the vaccine.

[Arkansas Granny]

4. It's not over by a long shot. In Arkansas it appears that cases are on the rise again.

The vaccination rate in the US is 43%, in Arkansas it's 32%, in Sebastian County (where I live), it's 23%. At that rate, we're going to be dealing with Covid for a long time.

[Midnight Writer]

46. Yep. My town is 21% vaccinated, and there is nary a mask to be seen. Confirmed cases are rising.

[Duncanpup]

5. No

Yes vaxxed and yes still masking up

[Deuxcents]

6. No, it is not over

Yes, I still wear my mask. Yes, I’m vaccinated twice. Yes, hopes are premature.

[TreasonousBastard]

7. It should be, but we're doing our damndest to keep it going

[FarPoint]

8. It is not really even close to being over....

The non-vaccinated risk acute covid-19 infections with this Delta variant on the move...and they will infect others...Even vaccinated people can catch covid-19....the vaccine is not a "shield"....it just will prompt the immune system to kick ass on covid-19 and diminish the effects of illness from covid-19...most will be asymptomatic so far...

Keep your covid-19 prevention protocols close if not in general practice...I still won't go to a restaurant for a meal....wear a mask at the grocery store...I have been vaccinated with Moderna since December 2020 as a first responder.

[Irish_Dem]

9. No it is not over. I am still wearing my mask in stores.

I think we are headed in the right direction, thank God. Thanks to Joe.

[mnhtnbb]

10. No, it's not over.

I will continue to wear my mask indoors and avoid staying inside spaces where people aren't masked until the vaccination rate for adults reaches 65-70%, which may be never in parts of the US.

I've been vaccinated since mid March. Just booked my first plane trip for mid January back to Bonaire, where I was in March 2019 and cut my trip short by a week because of Covid and fear the airport would close. Life is getting too short, for me. I have no other plans to fly anywhere, but damnit, I'm going back to Bonaire, unless the airport is closed again.

[Voltaire2]

11. For now it is over if you're vaccinated

or already had it.

Also if you live in a region populated by not insane people, we are nearing herd immunity - so even those who are at risk are relatively safe.

[Lettuce Be]

12. It's no where close to being over

Hardly a time to stop being careful, if ever. I'll be wearing a mask for quite some time, thank you very much.

[femmocrat]

13. The variants are worrisome.

I am immune-compromised so I continue to mask up and social distance. Fortunately, I don’t have many places to go! LOL

[former9thward]

14. Yes its over.

I haven't worn a mask in months since I was vaccinated. The cases went up last week ---- a grand total of 0.7%. A statistical burp. And one reason was it was a week following a holiday week and it always happens like that.

[bottomofthehill]

15. I am with the 8 ball

Moving in the right direction. Does not mean you should not protect yourself, and it does not mean that others ( the unvaccinated) could do more, but the numbers don’t lie. It is on the way down and hopefully out of our lives some time in the not too distant future

[ChazII]

16. No, I don't believe the pandemic is over.

Yes, I still wear my mask when shopping but not while walking my dogs.

[SoonerPride]

17. It is over for vaccinated people.

It is still ravaging the globe and the willfully unvaccinated.

But if you have been vaccinated the variants are no threat.

That may change.

But for now, yes. It is over for the vaccinated.

Go about your life and don’t worry about it.

Really.

Follow the CDC guidance.

[KentuckyWoman]

18. I predict the India strain is about to get it wound up again.

It isn't like the UK had a lot of cases, but 30% of the deaths are people fully vaccinated.

For someone like me, fully vaccinated but high risk, I plan to keep up with the mask and picking my situations carefully.

[EarlG]

26. 30% of the deaths are fully vaccinated people?

Is there a source for that?

[KentuckyWoman]

31. From DU ...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215523583

Source - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9681741/Highly-contagious-Indian-variant-dominant-strain-COVID-WEEK.html


*****

I see Daily Mail sighted quite a lot on DU so I assume reliable.... the raw numbers aren't huge but it seems to be worthy of concern for someone like me.

[LisaL]

34. Daily mail is a tabloid.

So don't assume it to be reliable.

[EarlG]

37. Thanks

I see it’s based on 42 cases and, “Those who died in the UK after being fully vaccinated were likely to have been elderly and have suffered complications.” I believe this has been the case in the US too, regarding deaths among the fully vaccinated.

Clearly you’re significantly better off if you’ve been fully vaccinated — but if you’re immunocompromised or otherwise vulnerable you’d definitely be wise to continue to take additional precautions.

[LisaL]

19. I don't believe it's over.

We have a lot of anti-vaxxers in this country. We have people who refuse to be vaccinated. Many countries don't have enough vaccine for people who want to get vaccinated. When virus infects people, it gets an opportunity to mutate.
So, it's not over.

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

20. Currently in Chicago.

It's not over but it may as well be. The city was packed this weekend. Every bar and restaurant had hour long lines to get in. The busses and L/subways were shoulder to shoulder. Mask usage was nonexistent. Even on the busses and in the subway and L trains, where masks are still technically required regardless of vaccination status, maybe 30-40% were actually wearing them. No enforcement at all anywhere. I went by Navy Pier last night and it was absolutely full of people. They had their first 100% capacity baseball game this weekend as well.

[LisaL]

22. That doesn't mean the pandemic is over. It just gives this virus many opportunities to spread.

NT

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

50. That's what I meant

It's not over, but with the way people are acting it may as well be. Most are acting as if it's done and don't seem to care anymore.

[CountAllVotes]

21. Mask yes

It ain't over until it is over.

When that will be we do not know.

Sad times.

[yellowdogintexas]

52. definitely. We are vaxxed

but still wear masks and avoid crowded situations.

This thing is not over, not by a long shot

[ananda]

23. I wear my mask every time I'm with strangers.

With vaccinated people, or outdoors, not so much.

[nitpicker]

24. IMO, I'm waiting until August

To see if there is a graduation/4th of July spike.

Right now, the paint appears to be drying in many areas of the country, but there are sudden jumps in some counties and I don't think it's all attributable to delayed case reporting.

[LizBeth]

25. I am not fearful for myself anymore. I have been walking toward store then turning

back to get my mask. Not forefront in my brain like it was prior to vac. Of course I know it is not over and I continue and believe wearing mask as a solidarity, but I do not personally feel threatened.

[Mosby]

27. It's not over.

I'm vaccinated and stopped wearing a mask.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

28. No

I am expecting outbreaks or waves of cases in red state in the fall/early winter. Unfortunately, Texas is likely to be in this group due to the incompetence and stupidity of Greg Abbott

[TraceNC]

29. Not over. Fully vaccinated, and still wearing mask.

[CoopersDad]

30. It's never over. Viruses are an ever-present dynamic concern.

Covid-19 is an episode in an endless story of life on this planet.

I carry a mask with me and hand sanitizer, but I'm not compulsive about it.

https://nextstrain.org/ncov/global

.

[Wingus Dingus]

32. I believe strict measures against it are over, and masking is on the way out.

Ate at a Cracker Barrel yesterday because our son was in town visiting us, and we initially wore masks inside (in the store part) and most employees there weren't even wearing them, so we took ours off before we even got a table.

[cbabe]

33. No.

Next door neighbor was fully vaccinated and contracted covid. Sick for two weeks but recovered.

I live in a building where fellow tenants and visitors do not mask in common areas.

Shoppers at store and outdoor farmer's markets do not distance even though masks are required.

Variants are scary and spreading.

So, fully vaccinated and mask wearing in public.

[NNadir]

35. It's over for me, and for my family. We're all vaccinated.

We went to visit my in laws on Memorial Day. Everyone there was vaccinated, including the 4 people who actually had Covid.

[MineralMan]

36. No, not over.

I'm still masking in public places indoors.

[OhioChick]

38. It's not over by a longshot...

Fully vaxxed here and continue to wear a mask, indefinitely.

We have many more variants emerging, which alarms me.

I get my updates from the kids. They've been intubating healthy, fully vaxxed 25-35 year olds lately with quite a few dying. (They tell me they're seeing far too many breakthrough cases, which is of grave concern)

[Johnny2X2X]

39. It's not over

But it’s also not a factor for most Americans anymore.

[kairos12]

40. No. And Hell no.

Many immune suppressed people who remain at risk.

[Quixote1818]

41. Not close to over but much more manageable in the US now.

For anyone who won't get vaccinated, they WILL eventually get it in the next few years and a lot of unnecessary deaths will occur.

[Initech]

42. I think the worst of it is behind us but we're not out of the woods yet.

[greenjar_01]

43. ...

Do you believe the pandemic is over?

Yes.

Do you still wear your mask?

When required.

Are all of the hopes premature?

No.

[roamer65]

44. Not one bit.

[BannonsLiver]

45. Not yet

There has been tremendous progress which a few people around here who have become deluded into thinking they are virus experts refuse to acknowledge.

[Scrivener7]

49. Is this just a "get off my lawn" moment, or does it refer to something specific?

I'm not seeing any posts denying that the virus numbers are better.

[liberal_mama]

47. I don't think it's over

I still wear my mask. I am vaccinated, but since I am immune compromised, I don't feel real safe, especially with the new variants. In my county, 6 fully vaccinated people died of Covid last month. There are over 3000 counties in the United States. That's a lot of dead vaccinated people if every county has as many deaths as mine did. There are still 1000s of cases every day, with many states not reporting consistently anymore, so who knows what's actually going on. The CDC says they are no longer reporting breakthrough cases in vaccinated people. I really hope it's over, but it doesn't seem that way to me. My doctor told me last Tuesday to keep wearing my mask, social distance, and take precautions. He said he thinks the CDC was nuts to remove the indoor mask mandate.

[Scrivener7]

48. Just read about what the Delta strain is doing in the UK. Nope, not even close to over.

And BTW, that thing will be here before we know it.

30% of the dead have been fully vaccinated.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215523583

[Buckeye_Democrat]

51. Nope, but the vaccines have helped immensely.

I still wear a mask in public despite being vaccinated. Not because I'm as concerned about being infected as months ago, but to be conscientious and hopefully a good example since most people around here aren't vaccinated yet.

[Raine]

53. I want it to be over, I'm so tired of the whole thing.

Though I wonder what will happen in the Fall and Winter. I've had it so I'm not particularly worried about myself.I just hate the thought of another locked up as the country falls further and more businesses go bust.