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Yavin4

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16. You are free to continue to wear your mask and socially distance yourself.
Thu May 13, 2021, 08:42 PM
May 2021

The CDC is not telling you to not do this. The govt. cannot mandate that you wear a mask if they don't have the data to support the mandate.

Smart. They shoulda' done that. soothsayer May 2021 #1
That's a really good question and a much better idea. Bleacher Creature May 2021 #2
How do we know 70 pct is enough? roamer65 May 2021 #3
Would have been better than a free for all. boston bean May 2021 #5
That much is true during the Dump fiasco. roamer65 May 2021 #12
Maybe because they are the scientists and researchers forthemiddle May 2021 #4
Can you tell if a person has been vaccinated. I can't. And that is science. boston bean May 2021 #8
You are free to continue to wear your mask and socially distance yourself. Yavin4 May 2021 #16
+1 BannonsLiver May 2021 #9
I don't see anybody arguing with the science here Shermann May 2021 #13
wrong. Voltaire2 May 2021 #17
So how exactly do we implement the CDC's revised guidance then? nt Shermann May 2021 #19
if you are vaccinated, and there are no regulations Voltaire2 May 2021 #20
So the CDC is not in the regulation business... Shermann May 2021 #22
yeah sure, the US is a mess of nominally independent states doing their own thing. Voltaire2 May 2021 #24
politics unfortunately. However, one would thing that would be an incentive to get JohnSJ May 2021 #6
Wondered the same thing Shermann May 2021 #7
I am pretty sure that won't be the case. It will be a free for all and people who are vax'd boston bean May 2021 #10
People cross state borders luv2fly May 2021 #11
Doesn't That Put The Burden On Those... ProfessorGAC May 2021 #14
Some choose to not get vaxxed. Some choose to smoke cigarettes. Yavin4 May 2021 #18
Totally Agree ProfessorGAC May 2021 #42
because the CDC does not set regulations Voltaire2 May 2021 #15
Yeah what does that have to do with this conversation? boston bean May 2021 #21
Oh so you weren't suggesting that the CDC should provide state guidance. Voltaire2 May 2021 #23
I was. Yes I was. I wasn't stating what you said I was. boston bean May 2021 #25
They have fucked up consistently since this thing started. Scrivener7 May 2021 #26
It is just not making common sense to me. boston bean May 2021 #27
Yes. The total lack of common sense coming out of the agency that we depend on Scrivener7 May 2021 #28
To me the most shameful part of this is it seems like a cave in to the lunatics. boston bean May 2021 #29
And they have done that every step of the way. They should have been loudly Scrivener7 May 2021 #31
I am beginning to question it all. I want to believe science I just don't know if we are getting boston bean May 2021 #32
I've long been skeptical about the CDC. I know it's not popular to say this here, but the Scrivener7 May 2021 #34
I never knew that. Thank you for sharing that. boston bean May 2021 #38
Exactly. LisaL May 2021 #33
Exactly. LisaL May 2021 #30
And don't forget screwed up covid tests that didn't work (in the beginning). LisaL May 2021 #35
I don't think that was the CDC, though. Scrivener7 May 2021 #36
CDC. LisaL May 2021 #37
Oh, that's right. Now I'm remembering. That was the kits we had to make because we Scrivener7 May 2021 #41
Maybe Zeitghost May 2021 #39
many states will never reach 70% stopdiggin May 2021 #40
Not sure I understand the science behind your thought. RegularJam May 2021 #43
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