Fully vaccinated, and keeping my mask on

[DemocraticPatriot]

when I go into stores and such. I think it is still too soon for them to be coming off, and thought so before the W.H.O. said so. I am sorry that my own governor in Michigan seems to have worn out under all the anti-mask pressure, and let that requirement lapse.

"Only the un-vaccinated need to wear masks?" Those were all the people who have resisted it from the beginning. Do I now expect they will be honest about it? No, I do not.

Anyway, I'm used to wearing it, and there seems to have been a side benefit. I usually gets colds or flu a couple times a year... and I have not caught anything since this whole thing started. Sometimes when I got sick, I was befuddled as to how I had been exposed, as I had hardly been around anyone... My conclusion was that I caught it at the grocery store, perhaps from germs left on a shopping cart. Now of course I have been sanitizing hands and cart handles... I may be vaccinated for COVID, but I have not had a flu vaccine in years...

So, will the anti-maskers support my "freedom" to keep wearing my mask?

They may think I am making some "political statement" by keeping it on. If so, they are partly right.

The other part is to protect myself from them-- as the vaccine is not a 100-percent solution.

[MiniMe]

1. I'm keeping my mask on too

I've seen things that "they" are putting up down south I think that say masks not allowed in establishments. It is none of their business if I want to wear a mask. Especially with the Delta variant around. I'm not taking chances.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

19. Wearing my mask until I feel safe

Period. No one can tell me when I feel safe.

[lagomorph777]

45. Me too. I'm thrilled about the vaccine, but variants are still breeding out there.

I'll likely keep the mask on for years, at least.

Plus, it keeps out pollen, dust, influenza, etc.

[SoonerPride]

2. At what point will you return to life as it was in 2019?

When covid is totally eradicated ?

Never?

At what point will you feel comfortable enough to resume life as it used to be?

[DemocraticPatriot]

3. I don't know.

Maybe I will ALWAYS wear a mask into the grocery store from now on-- as it seemed to be where I was catching my other illnesses.

Anyway, with it, I don't have to shave so often. lol

[SoonerPride]

7. I intend to wear masks during flu season as they do in Japan

But I no longer wear a mask for covid because I no longer feel worried about catching it.

Each person will have to assess what their risk tolerance is.

Some may never go back to mallees interactions in public.

That’s fine. It’s a free country.

At least until the next election.

[elias7]

36. Do you know your risk of getting ill from delta variant?

You say you’re not worried about catching Covid, but I believe CDC guidance will be changing again soon in response to WHO latest recs. Keep yourself safe…

[SoonerPride]

39. My risk from delta variant is minuscule

I have followed the science.

I am fully vaccinated.

[USALiberal]

43. Lol! Nt

[Calculating]

20. Aren't you worried that your immune system will get soft and 'out of practice'?

Gotta catch a cold every now and then to keep it on its toes. We're meant to be exposed to constant low level threats, it's why children raised in too clean of an environment develop allergies/asthma/etc.

[DemocraticPatriot]

32. No, I am not worried about that.

[LisaL]

4. I am not taking my mask off either.

Not when variants are spreading.

[Hugin]

29. You mean when a taint fungus was squatting in the WH?

Never.

Have at it.

[Skittles]

30. we don't know

just NOT YET

[Throck]

5. The vaccine is the solution to keep from catching it.

The mask is the solution to prevent giving it.

The virus is small and easily gets through the oversized pours in the fabric of mask.

[LisaL]

6. If you want it to protect you, there are N95 masks.

NT

[SoCalDavidS]

12. I'm Back To Wearing The Vented N95 Masks I Bought Last Year

They started to be banned, but now I can protect myself once again.

[LisaL]

13. The valved kind?

I purchased some too, before we were told not to wear them. But now I can dig them out and put them on. Now I can be more comfortable and still highly protected.

[SoCalDavidS]

16. Yeah, The Valved Kind

Obviously much easier to breathe out of, yet still N95. I may buy some more. I only bought a box of 10, since they became crazy expensive. Then I gave several away to family & friends, so only have 3 left.

[LisaL]

17. Masks are cheap now, if one wants to stock up.

NT

[Bobstandard]

22. Always bunk: "The mask is the solution to prevent giving it.

The typical mask may always have been more effective against giving than getting the virus but it has always given the wearer some protection.

I had someone confront me about wearing my mask just day before yesterday and I told him honestly that It was to protect me from the assholes who refuse to get vaccinated. And then I said,” why, what business is it of yours?” He skittered off down the chips and soda aisle.

[DemocraticPatriot]

33. I use N95 masks,

which DO also offer a good degree of protection to the user.

I can tell how good it is, because it is harder to breathe... lol but it is a small inconvenience for the short periods I feel I need to wear it.

[SheltieLover]

37. Same here!

[uponit7771]

42. The vax is not 100% inoculation, one can still get cv19 if vaxed

[obnoxiousdrunk]

8. Good for you.

[TDale313]

9. Same. n/t

[Murphyb849]

10. I cared for pts with covid, horrid death, you die alone & got covid myself from this. Wear the mask

[Laffy Kat]

11. Me, too.

At the grocery store this afternoon I was one of a very few still wearing a mask. Even though I'm fully vaccinated, I don't plan on not wearing one in public any time soon.

[LisaL]

15. I was the only one in a mask in a store today.

Considering less than fifty % in my state are vaccinated, the math here doesn't add up. I really doubt all of those in the store without masks were vaccinated.

[NJCher]

28. Here in nj

Just about everyone is still wearing a mask. We have a high vaccination rate, too.

[SheltieLover]

38. Same for me, Laffy

Except it's only the workers amd me in masks.

[JCMach1]

14. Mine is going back on since.vaccine is only 78% against Delta

Another infection could kill me and my 10yo is too young to get vaccine

[Crunchy Frog]

18. I'm still masking indoors too, and don't see that changing anytime soon.

I'm more relaxed outdoors, though still have a mask around my neck in case I feel that I need it.

If anyone here wants to mock me, or get all incredulous about it, I'll just put them on ignore.

[GulfCoast66]

21. Me? Not so much. But sometimes.

If shopping at Publix on a Saturday with big crowds I put it on. But on a Wednesday morning with no one I don’t.

The news plays up the dramatic. But if you are fully vaccinated you have a tiny chance of going to the hospital with Covid. Regardless of the variant.

Went to a brewery today. Very well spaced tables. I was comfortable with no mask.

All three of us are fully vaccinated.

I do worry about the wife who is over 60(barely) and had the J&J. Which Is not as good as the mRNA vaccines. But she is not concerned. And she has no co- morbidities. She recently had a very young manager that works for her assume she was in her late 40’s! Without knowing she has 39 years with the same company!

[wnylib]

24. "If you are fully vaccinated you have a tiny chance

of going tto the hospitsl with covid."

I'd add a qualifier for that statement. If you are fully vaccinated, under 65, and have no comorbidities, the chsnce of going to the hospital with covid are tiny.

But, of the deaths and hospitalizations that have occured in vaccinated people, 76% were over 65. If they also have comorbidities, their risk is even higher.

[GulfCoast66]

27. I don't disagree. But that's just part of the story. And narrative

As expected older folks are more at risk. Co-Morbidities increase the risk.

But the fact remains. Over 90% of hospitals cases of Covid are unvaccinated. Actually much higher than that. 97%.

If everyone took the vaccine we would have no real issues.

We are fully vaccinated. Healthy.

Careful where it’s called for.

[wnylib]

35. As someone over 65 with comorbidities,

I just think that people like myself should be more aware that, for us, risks do exist after vaccination and we should take reasonable precautions.

[Jon King]

23. Yawn, pretty much tired of both antimaskers and the mask obsessed at this point.

We are a vaccinated family, eat healthy, get up early each morning to exercise. So we enjoy life now....like to see smiling faces, talk to people without masks blocking them, smell the fresh bread at the bakery.

But to each their own. Looking at the causes of death and disability...obesity, sedentary life style, over stressing about stuff., some driver texting and causing an accident...getting the virus and having a serious consequence once vaccinated is pretty far down on the list.

Not sure why some on this forum seem obsessed with the virus....its dropped far down the list of things that kill Americans these days.

[Lucky Luciano]

25. I'm with you. I wear a mask indoors so others can feel comfortable, but that's it really.

When we go to restaurants, we only eat outside since my son is under 12 and can’t be vaccinated and we don’t know what long term consequences there can be even if he were asymptomatic.

I will probably mask up during flu season to protect others, but I’m not afraid of personally getting sick. Eight years ago is the last time I had any kind of sniffles…before that, I was once sick about 22 years ago….and three years before that I was totally blasted by something. Before that, in college and high school, I only faked illness, but I don’t recall actually getting sick. However, I will wear a mask in the winter if it means I may slow the spread of the flu which does kill about 30k people per year on average!

[DemocraticPatriot]

34. Not sure why some can be so cavalier about a virus which has killed

more than 600k people in the last year, in this country alone--- and is mutating and not near finished--

but "to each their own".

[SoonerPride]

40. The vaccine was our solution to return to living

You ol either believe in science or you don’t.

[LisaL]

41. Science is very clear that vaccines are not 100 % effective.

NT

[MichMan]

44. Staying locked up in your own house is 100% effective

If the expectation is 100%, that would probably be the safest choice for those with that criteria

[LisaL]

46. Yes, it's either staying locked in your home or

going out as normal, no mask, no social distancing, attending large gatherings and so on.
There is no middle ground here.

[MichMan]

47. If the criteria is 100% effectiveness , there actually is no middle ground

70-98% sure, but like you said, the vaccine isn't 100%

[LisaL]

48. Not having an option of staying locked up in the house, I plan to go for 99% effectiveness.

NT

[MichMan]

49. Couldn't agree more; stopped wearing one weeks ago

An obsession with trying to guarantee a risk free life isn't feasible or healthy

If someone else wants to wear a mask 24/7, a full haz mat suit, or stay locked up in their house is none of my concern.

[USALiberal]

51. "Yawn", thousands dead and your bored?? Classy! Nt

[Zeitghost]

53. Same here at our fully vaccinated home

I roll my eyes when I hear people I know who live sedentary, unhealthy lives go on about simple precautions and the health risks even after being vaccinated. Do what you want, but if you were that worried about taking simple precautions you would put down the Pepsi and go for a walk.

[BannonsLiver]

54. Because they want the pandemic to continue

Either because they’ve developed Stockholm Syndrome, don’t want to go back to the office or they like the ready made excuse not to socialize, which I admit I’ve done. And finally, there are some who hope it kills off a bunch of Trump humpers.

[Postal Grunt]

26. Fully vaxxed myself..

I'm fully vaxxed myself but I'm still wearing a mask almost everywhere. I can walk into all sorts of places with a mask, polarized shades, and a Tilley hat on, including banks and liquor stores. I know that it's kind of juvenile to enjoy it but after the last 16 months, I need to catch up on having a little fun. Since Missouri is just a few miles away across the river and Delta on the rise there, that might become a necessity quite soon.

[roamer65]

31. Good job!

[llashram]

50. this

[lark]

52. I have quit wearing masks in any uncrowded situation.

If it's crowded, I usually go away and look for someplace less crowded or wait for a less crowded time. I am retired, so it's much easier for me as I can go when others are working and avoid the Friday night, Sat. shopping of so many of the working class.

We aren't flying anywhere and aren't cruising and aren't going to movies or any events with large crowds. We are considering going to a movie during a Tuesday day when hubby is off, so there's not many people there, when there's something we really want to see. We're renewing our passports, and I'm told that now takes a long time. Once we have updated versions, we will see if it's safe to go back to Europe or if New Zealand will let us in then. For now, we plan on driving to places of high vaccination rates for our vacations. We're going to the Keys in Aug. for hubby birthday and want to look into river trips in NE for the fall.

I'm really hoping that by 2022 we can go to the Jazz Fest in NO. LA is a disaster in vaccinating their folks, so not wanting to travel there now.

[Atticus]

55. I totally agree. I do the same thing and I find some of responses in this thread ---well,

"amazing" is the best I can manage.