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WhiskeyGrinder

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1. People have a lot of reasons for continuing to wear masks besides their vax status.
Fri May 14, 2021, 12:15 PM
May 2021

As at the beginning of the pandemic, wearing masks when your risk is low normalizes and reduces the stigma for wearings masks for higher-risk people.

We've learned masks reduce exposure and transmission of other viruses, and can help reduce allergy symptoms.

Masks can reduce certain kinds of street harassment, especially for women ("c'mon and smile!" ) and reduce identification through AI or other surveillance.

I trust the vaccine and will continue to wear a mask at my comfort level. We all contain multitudes.

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People have a lot of reasons for continuing to wear masks besides their vax status. WhiskeyGrinder May 2021 #1
Are there any stats on the effectiveness of the vaccines on the new variants? CrispyQ May 2021 #2
The CDC director said sarisataka May 2021 #9
Masks protect against more than Covid-19. Xoan May 2021 #3
But Covid-19 is what we are talking about nt sarisataka May 2021 #10
I've personally never trusted anything just because "an expert" says so. Crunchy Frog May 2021 #4
Point missed nt sarisataka May 2021 #12
I'm going to keep wearing masks indoors because I wanna? Crunchy Frog May 2021 #16
I like to see the evidence backing something up Claire Oh Nette May 2021 #19
tldr. Crunchy Frog May 2021 #21
But you'll do your own research Claire Oh Nette May 2021 #22
My Worry RobinA May 2021 #5
I'll stop wearing mine Elessar Zappa May 2021 #6
It's a cost/benefit decision. dawg May 2021 #7
At least it's a safe, unselfish thing to cling to wearing masks a bit longer. Silent3 May 2021 #8
Remember in Dante's Peak when a resident asked if he was allowed to evacuate ahead of time? Towlie May 2021 #11
Because there's no cost or risk to wear the mask LanternWaste May 2021 #13
I don't see why it's anyone's business if I wear a mask Sympthsical May 2021 #14
I trust the results NotASurfer May 2021 #15
It's possible that the lack of a flu season was more greatly PoindexterOglethorpe May 2021 #18
Decline in travel contributed to slowing the spread NotASurfer May 2021 #20
A lot of us aren't recoiling at that advice. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2021 #17
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