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Arkansas Granny

(31,483 posts)
Wed May 26, 2021, 01:42 PM May 2021

I am really enjoying this sense of freedom that the Covid vaccine has given me.

After spending nearly a year in semi-isolation, skipping Thanksgiving, Christmas and other traditional family gatherings, we are nearly all fully vaccinated. I have spent 4 out of the last 5 weekends away from home visiting family and friends who are also fully vaccinated. It has been wonderful just sitting around and talking, drinking wine, preparing meals together and listening to music without worry. By next month another family group will be fully vaccinated and we're all going camping.

I haven't entirely thrown caution to the wind. I still wear a mask on public transportation and anywhere it's requested. I wore a mask last week when I got my hair cut. I haven't been in a large store yet, but I will wear a mask then, as well as any other crowded indoor facility. The vaccination rate is slow in Arkansas with only 30% fully vaccinated right now, so I don't feel like completely shedding the mask just yet.

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I am really enjoying this sense of freedom that the Covid vaccine has given me. (Original Post) Arkansas Granny May 2021 OP
Your words speak TRUTH. Freedom indeed and a heavy sense of relief too. I feel the same way. SWBTATTReg May 2021 #1
Your headline should be a billboard message... asiliveandbreathe May 2021 #2
I'm with you! Lunabell May 2021 #3
In my corner of Arkansas, we have restarted Sunday family lunch. TomSlick May 2021 #4

SWBTATTReg

(21,859 posts)
1. Your words speak TRUTH. Freedom indeed and a heavy sense of relief too. I feel the same way.
Wed May 26, 2021, 02:07 PM
May 2021

I too, am still careful, and suspect that I'll always be careful too in the future. After all, one main benefit is that the flu season (and other seasonal diseases have had less of an impact on people than in the past.

Thanks for your words. Very appropriate.

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
2. Your headline should be a billboard message...
Wed May 26, 2021, 02:23 PM
May 2021
I am really enjoying this sense of freedom that the Covid vaccine has given me.


Just sayin...

Lunabell

(5,920 posts)
3. I'm with you!
Wed May 26, 2021, 03:05 PM
May 2021

I went into a convenience store the other day to buy a beer and felt completely at ease. I want to get back to a sense of normalcy.

TomSlick

(11,035 posts)
4. In my corner of Arkansas, we have restarted Sunday family lunch.
Wed May 26, 2021, 10:38 PM
May 2021

I've decided the low vaccination rate in Arkansas will not be helped and is really not my problem. Me and mine are fully vaccinated. As I understand the CDC guidance, that means I generally don't need a mask. I haven't been to Wally-World since the new guidance was released and may still wear a mask there. Otherwise, I'm going mask-free.

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