Mask up everyone! NOW!

[Ms. Toad]

103. 1. The people who are suffering long-term consequences - or will suffer the long-term consequences

we are increasingly discovering is not "vanishingly small." The most recent estimates are between 37% and 49% (https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/04/global-data-reveal-half-may-have-long-covid-4-months), higher if you limit it to those hspitalized.

2. You are protecting yourself - and all of the rest of us. That includes the unvaccinated - because the variant-making-machine doesn't care whether it is cooking in a vaccinated body or an unvaccinated body. We live in an integrated society - the diseases cooked up in those who choose not to be vaccinated (or who cannot) will impact all of us. So by minimizing spread, you are protecting all of us.

3. I have made no assessmesnt, ever, as to whether COVID is here to stay.

4. You are ignoring the science, and choosing to help perpetuate the long-term consequences of COVID. It is akin to buying a gas guzzling vehicle and saying, "It's my choice. It doesn't hurt anyone else."