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DemocraticPatriot

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

Mon Jun 28, 2021, 02:43 AM

Jun 2021

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

but "to each their own".

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Fully vaccinated, and keeping my mask on [View all] DemocraticPatriot Jun 2021 OP

I'm keeping my mask on too MiniMe Jun 2021 #1

Wearing my mask until I feel safe I_UndergroundPanther Jun 2021 #19

Me too. I'm thrilled about the vaccine, but variants are still breeding out there. lagomorph777 Jun 2021 #45

At what point will you return to life as it was in 2019? SoonerPride Jun 2021 #2

I don't know. DemocraticPatriot Jun 2021 #3

I intend to wear masks during flu season as they do in Japan SoonerPride Jun 2021 #7

Do you know your risk of getting ill from delta variant? elias7 Jun 2021 #36

My risk from delta variant is minuscule SoonerPride Jun 2021 #39

Lol! Nt USALiberal Jun 2021 #43

Aren't you worried that your immune system will get soft and 'out of practice'? Calculating Jun 2021 #20

No, I am not worried about that. DemocraticPatriot Jun 2021 #32

I am not taking my mask off either. LisaL Jun 2021 #4

You mean when a taint fungus was squatting in the WH? Hugin Jun 2021 #29

we don't know Skittles Jun 2021 #30

The vaccine is the solution to keep from catching it. Throck Jun 2021 #5

If you want it to protect you, there are N95 masks. LisaL Jun 2021 #6

I'm Back To Wearing The Vented N95 Masks I Bought Last Year SoCalDavidS Jun 2021 #12

The valved kind? LisaL Jun 2021 #13

Yeah, The Valved Kind SoCalDavidS Jun 2021 #16

Masks are cheap now, if one wants to stock up. LisaL Jun 2021 #17

Always bunk: "The mask is the solution to prevent giving it. Bobstandard Jun 2021 #22

I use N95 masks, DemocraticPatriot Jun 2021 #33

Same here! SheltieLover Jun 2021 #37

The vax is not 100% inoculation, one can still get cv19 if vaxed uponit7771 Jun 2021 #42

Good for you. obnoxiousdrunk Jun 2021 #8

Same. n/t TDale313 Jun 2021 #9

I cared for pts with covid, horrid death, you die alone & got covid myself from this. Wear the mask Murphyb849 Jun 2021 #10

Me, too. Laffy Kat Jun 2021 #11

I was the only one in a mask in a store today. LisaL Jun 2021 #15

Here in nj NJCher Jun 2021 #28

Same for me, Laffy SheltieLover Jun 2021 #38

Mine is going back on since.vaccine is only 78% against Delta JCMach1 Jun 2021 #14

I'm still masking indoors too, and don't see that changing anytime soon. Crunchy Frog Jun 2021 #18

Me? Not so much. But sometimes. GulfCoast66 Jun 2021 #21

"If you are fully vaccinated you have a tiny chance wnylib Jun 2021 #24

I don't disagree. But that's just part of the story. And narrative GulfCoast66 Jun 2021 #27

As someone over 65 with comorbidities, wnylib Jun 2021 #35

Yawn, pretty much tired of both antimaskers and the mask obsessed at this point. Jon King Jun 2021 #23

I'm with you. I wear a mask indoors so others can feel comfortable, but that's it really. Lucky Luciano Jun 2021 #25

Not sure why some can be so cavalier about a virus which has killed DemocraticPatriot Jun 2021 #34

The vaccine was our solution to return to living SoonerPride Jun 2021 #40

Science is very clear that vaccines are not 100 % effective. LisaL Jun 2021 #41

Staying locked up in your own house is 100% effective MichMan Jun 2021 #44

Yes, it's either staying locked in your home or LisaL Jun 2021 #46

If the criteria is 100% effectiveness , there actually is no middle ground MichMan Jun 2021 #47

Not having an option of staying locked up in the house, I plan to go for 99% effectiveness. LisaL Jun 2021 #48

Couldn't agree more; stopped wearing one weeks ago MichMan Jun 2021 #49

"Yawn", thousands dead and your bored?? Classy! Nt USALiberal Jun 2021 #51

Same here at our fully vaccinated home Zeitghost Jun 2021 #53

Because they want the pandemic to continue BannonsLiver Jun 2021 #54

Fully vaxxed myself.. Postal Grunt Jun 2021 #26

Good job! roamer65 Jun 2021 #31

this llashram Jun 2021 #50

I have quit wearing masks in any uncrowded situation. lark Jun 2021 #52

I totally agree. I do the same thing and I find some of responses in this thread ---well, Atticus Jun 2021 #55