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boston bean

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27. It is just not making common sense to me.

Thu May 13, 2021, 09:27 PM

May 2021

Last year I remember yelling at my sister to wear a mask at her salon.

She yelled back saying the cdc said it wasn’t necessary. I said if medical people need one you do to.

I mean for Chris sakes she was inches away from people face to face.

Finally got it through her head. Don’t get me wrong she was trying to do right. But damn we need some common sense.

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Why didn't the CDC just say if your state hits 70% vaccination [View all] boston bean May 2021 OP

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