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Duppers

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64. Indeed.

Tue Jun 29, 2021, 11:27 AM

Jun 2021

I know...and there was also a variant of smallpox which the vaccine protected against.

However, even the Pfizer vaccine does not protect everyone against the Delta Variant of Covid. And several more variants have been identified.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/variant.html

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Masks (POLL): when will you forego masks? [View all] SoonerPride Jun 2021 OP

I mask indoors when the venue requests it. maxsolomon Jun 2021 #1

Indoors only until when though? SoonerPride Jun 2021 #4

I said "when the venue requests it" maxsolomon Jun 2021 #19

Thank you. SoonerPride Jun 2021 #20

Seattle has tons. maxsolomon Jun 2021 #29

Lol, you are cracking me up! Nt USALiberal Jun 2021 #63

Can't pick one to sum it up. happybird Jun 2021 #2

I mask everywhere it is required or requested. Maru Kitteh Jun 2021 #3

I'll wear them in crowded places indoors this winter, covid or no covid. Ocelot II Jun 2021 #5

That is my thinking. Haven't had so much as a cold in 18 months Lochloosa Jun 2021 #6

My allergies have gotten better since the mask. marble falls Jun 2021 #9

+1000; I sometimes wear one outdoors even when nobody is around. lagomorph777 Jun 2021 #62

That is my plan as well. SoonerPride Jun 2021 #7

I was thinking of doing this as well. I didn't even get a cold last year and I worked at a school. Luciferous Jun 2021 #14

My response isn't that specific. femmedem Jun 2021 #8

Good question. I'm really not sure. There are so many variables right now that Biophilic Jun 2021 #10

I couldn't say for sure. We're playing it by ear for now until we Carlitos Brigante Jun 2021 #11

I'm going to continue forever. NH Ethylene Jun 2021 #12

Yes.. that's my goal, too Deuxcents Jun 2021 #32

I periodically reduce my masking habits. Right now, there are few cases in Scrivener7 Jun 2021 #13

I'm wearing them indoors around people I don't know Unwind Your Mind Jun 2021 #15

With variants on the rise, and young children not yet eligible, I'm wearing indoors still Raven123 Jun 2021 #16

Until? SoonerPride Jun 2021 #17

Until the youngsters get vaccinated and I see how well my community does in the face if the variants Raven123 Jul 2021 #71

This message was self-deleted by its author SoonerPride Jun 2021 #17

I'm not sure. I think my vaccination protects me pretty well struggle4progress Jun 2021 #21

Even if the pandemic is brought under control, I will mask for flu seasons nt Wicked Blue Jun 2021 #22

other... I wear masks into all stores still and whereever required. started joining unmasked Demovictory9 Jun 2021 #23

I have a two-part criteria - Ms. Toad Jun 2021 #24

I'm so used to wearing masks now I don't really see it as onerous Withywindle Jun 2021 #25

I am not really masking anymore, unless required by an establishment or if I am in a crowded area, smirkymonkey Jun 2021 #26

As of May 31, I'm fully vaccinated with Pfizer. Niagara Jun 2021 #27

I won't wear a mask, and I don't judge that do. Yavin4 Jun 2021 #28

Vaxed and done with masks Calculating Jun 2021 #31

I've been a vaccine believer and have only worn a mask... LAS14 Jun 2021 #30

When my child can get vaccinated... druidity33 Jun 2021 #33

It's a biased poll. Hugin Jun 2021 #48

I'm surveying each individual situation hamsterjill Jun 2021 #34

I last wore a mask 8 weeks ago Shrek Jun 2021 #35

Fully VACCINATED people are dying of the CoVid Varient Duppers Jun 2021 #36

The average age of those dying who have been vaxxed is 82 SoonerPride Jun 2021 #37

I'm not that old ...yet. 😉 Duppers Jun 2021 #38

It sounds like virtue signaling rather than science SoonerPride Jun 2021 #39

Well, it my way of being super-safe Duppers Jun 2021 #41

The masks have become a comfort object for many madville Jun 2021 #44

... Duppers Jun 2021 #52

Yep, and N95 should be the minimum required madville Jun 2021 #70

Ck OhioChick's thread here... Duppers Jun 2021 #51

Smallpox was eliminated with a vaccine. SoonerPride Jun 2021 #61

Indeed. Duppers Jun 2021 #64

Never thought I'd have to defend mask-wearing here Duppers Jun 2021 #66

Masks were all we had a year ago. SoonerPride Jun 2021 #67

I have CFIDS Duppers Jun 2021 #68

I am not attacking mask wearing. SoonerPride Jun 2021 #69

Expected, vaxed never meant fully inoculated. The numbers are super low uponit7771 Jun 2021 #43

Outdoors, never masked. Indoors, always masked. Haven't faced private gatherings yet Arazi Jun 2021 #40

I will continue to wear a mask when I am indoors in public places susanr516 Jun 2021 #42

Not really an answer that suits. I marked not wearing one. But that not 100% true GulfCoast66 Jun 2021 #45

72 is actually too warm for me. Elessar Zappa Jun 2021 #57

Depending on a person age and health different temperatures affect us differently. GulfCoast66 Jun 2021 #58

Wearing it still because still afraid of Covid mvd Jun 2021 #46

Never will I, "return to life as it was in 2019"... Hugin Jun 2021 #47

Given the tone of conversations here recently - Ms. Toad Jun 2021 #49

I'll stop masking up when my kids tell me it's safe to do so n/t OhioChick Jun 2021 #50

Folks may not know, your kids are Doctors! Duppers Jun 2021 #59

When my intuition tells me it is safe. Roisin Ni Fiachra Jun 2021 #53

We continue to mask Meowmee Jun 2021 #54

done with masks unless a strain emerges which largely circumvents the vaccine Amishman Jun 2021 #55

I had stopped wearing masks Elessar Zappa Jun 2021 #56

I haven't even had a mild cold since this pandemic began. hunter Jun 2021 #60

I was ready to re-mask but have now read that Moderna is effective against the Delta, so will bring ShazamIam Jun 2021 #65