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CDC just messed up, big time.

IMO at this point, few people are wearing masks unless they feel like it...or to protect themselves.
The funny thing is, wearing masks protect mostly other's, not the wearer. Thus, unvaxxed folk not wearing masks are just proving what irresponsible, uncaring pricks they truly are..... not surprisingly.. most of them.. GOP voters.
 
Well, it has started. Trader Joe's has dropped it's mask mandate for vaccinated people.

Like we all know, Trumpists will stop wearing the mask if vaccinated or not.

This is only going to spread disease.

This is a big step backwards for the country. I know I won't be shopping at places that rescind the mask requirement.

Just when things were looking so bright.
 
I believe he was speaking to vaccinations cards that you get from your health provider when vaccinated. These are being forged by the hundreds of thousands.

I haven’t see a single business in Ohio that is requiring vaccination yet.

Wayne isn’t being honest
 

Is the CDC following the science? They said they are?
 

As Gupta said, we will become a nation of the vaccinated and the infected. As long as kids avoid TJs it’s fine with me.

Cull away!
 
I'm still a little confused because you also mentioned "cards". Were there "vaccine cards" being made to show proof for these "vaccines" as well?
Vaccine cards have been around since the 1940s. My own vaccine record for grade school was on an 8 by 5 card.
 
I haven’t see a single business in Ohio that is requiring vaccination yet.

Wayne isn’t being honest

I don't think any business in the country is requiring it, yet.

Hopefully, once the vaccine is approved, we will start to see it.
 
Is the CDC following the science?

Yes they are.

The problem is not that vaccinated people do not need masks, it is that Trumpists are unvaccinated and will claim they are vaccinated thereby spreading the disease.

I am not arguing against science, I am arguing that the human nature of Trumpists should have been taken into account.
 
Why does it matter? If you don’t get vaccinated and go out unprotected the result is of your own making.
 
Not causing problems for oneself, causing problems for sociaty.

In other words, cowards invoke this tactic.
If covid wasn't highly survivable I would agree but most people who get it don't even show symptoms.
 
That’s out of date information. Several studies done in 2021 showed that the vaccines - the mRNA ones at any rate - were highly effective at stopping transmission. I pointed to the latest one, about a week old, in this post

 
Why does it matter? If you don’t get vaccinated and go out unprotected the result is of your own making.
Sure. Go out and get infected for all I care. Just stay away from children under 16 until their parents have had a chance to get them vaccinated. Once everyone has had a chance to protect themselves then hopefully the covidiots will self-cull themselves.
 
Most people don't die, Ethel. Don't get your hopes up.
 
This will mean more infections and that it will take longer to hit herd immunity.
The guidance doesn't say "everyone can go without masks." It's that if you are vaccinated, you don't need a mask in most situations.

The evidence is quite clear that people who are vaccinated are at very low risk of developing the virus, and almost no chance of getting a serious case. The CDC has shown an abundance of caution so far. Given the chance of vaccinated people still spreading the virus, I have no problems with the past guidance.

There will be breakthrough cases with any vaccine. That alone is not a reason to deny the evidence.

We're not getting to herd immunity. It's just not happening. We're struggling just to get to 40% of the population fully vaccinated.

The value of encouraging people to get vaccinated, by wearing masks less often, outweighs the small number of mild cases that might happen as a result.
 
The guidance doesn't say "everyone can go without masks." It's that if you are vaccinated, you don't need a mask in most situations.
I know the specifics, I am not a Trumpist.
The evidence is quite clear that people who are vaccinated are at very low risk of developing the virus,
8 Yankees have it, all fully vaccinated. All within a day of each other. 8 out of 50 in one place at one time should set off an alarm.
There will be breakthrough cases with any vaccine. That alone is not a reason to deny the evidence.
I deny no evidence, I speak to human nature.
We're not getting to herd immunity. It's just not happening.
This, sadly, I know. Trumpists will not permit it.
The value of encouraging people to get vaccinated, by wearing masks less often, outweighs the small number of mild cases that might happen as a result.
I literally cannot understand how someone can say this?
Have you no experience with humans?
If you could trust humans then the CDC guidance is fine.
Humans cannot be trusted however so the CDC guidance is misguided.

This will not encourage people to get vaccinated. This will do the opposite.
People will toss the mask and just say they are vaccinated as they spread the disease.
 
Is there data on asymptomatic spread?
The data I just pulled up overwhelmingly agrees that over half of Covid infections are spread by asymptomatic people, but it has been based on people who weren't vaccinated. The vaccine significantly reduces the viral load, the CDC says, so it is less a factor in transmission. I didn't see any studies on that yet, but I trust them.

 
Bu "states" do you mean republican leaders in those states? Yeah, I'm sure ending the unemployment payment is really popular. And, don't you find hilarious that some republican leaders are trying to take credit for a bill that they didn't vote for?
 
There are still state and workplace sites requiring masks. 10 years ago I would never have believed that the CDC acted politically. Now, I'm not sure.
 
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