Target, CVS, Starbucks and other retailers ease mask mandates for fully vaccinat
Papi_Chulo
Miami, FL (or the nearest big-booty club)
Target, CVS, Starbucks and other retailers ease mask mandates for fully vaccinated customers
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/17/starbuck…
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/17/starbuck…
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Honestly I'm happier about states getting rid of occupancy capacity limits than I am about not being required to wear a mask. Getting back to full capacity is what is desperately needed to help many small businesses like restaurants and bars to recover and for new ones to open. Many restaurants simply can't turn a decent profit when they are limited to less than full capacity.
Supposedly the vaccine lowers your risk of death to zero and chances of a serious illness over 90% less.
I might have had immunity last year from catching a mild strain but never knew if it was just a cold with a cough that everyone around me caught or Covid. Testing wasn’t available at the time.
Unfortunately I didn’t hear the side effects can be worse if you already had Covid until after my first dose. The first one wasn’t that bad.
I suspect that far fewer are following the "honor system" than you may believe, at least around here. In fact, oddly enough, it seems that the folks most likely to still be wearing masks are senior citizens who have doubtlessly already been vaccinated.
But even for those who are following the "honor system" for now, how long do we reasonably expect that to last? At some point, fatigue will set in even for the most hyper-vigilant.
That's just not realistic for businesses to do, both from a logistics and customer relationship standpoint. I won't even get into the implications of allowing the government to use our healthcare information in that manner.
I know that NY has run a vaccine passport pilot at a couple of stadiums, but I don't expect that to last. Neither the federal government nor any other state is following NY's lead. A couple of other states previously made some noise about looking into it, but I suspect that they will quietly let those stories die. Even in NY, there will be a tipping point where frustrated people don't want to deal with this shit anymore.
I personally don’t see anything onerous about keeping the masks on as long as there are vulnerable people that need our support.
For example, I will never put this vaccine in my kids even when it is approved for them (it is now for one of them), but neither will I make them wear masks for much longer. The world is not risk-free and never will be. The goal is to reasonably manage risks, not to live in a state of perpetual anxiety.
How about just speaking for yourself and stop trying to create a dramatic argument over every fucking thing.
If you are unwilling to make the sacrifice of being vaccinated or wearing a mask, then you should also sacrifice the convenience of shopping in particular stores, going to live music and sports events, and enjoying public entertainment venues (movie theaters, arcades, bars).
That is the only way this shit is ever going to end. We did not eradicate polio and smallpox by listening to a bunch of Karens and man-bitches whining about theirnown, personal misinterpretation of personal rights and individual liberties. That bears repeating: WE DID NOT ERADICATE SMALLPOX AND POLIO WITHOUT VACCINATION!
If the rules state that you can remove your mask if you are fully vaccinated how would you characterize those not vaccinated and advocating for people to not get vaccinated folks that are removing their masks against the published rules. If they are protesters let them clearly state that but when they’re trying to blend in they are liars and cheating.
Couldn’t be clearer.
When you post hyperventilating nonsense that ends with comparing COVID to Smallpox and Polio, your credibility becomes strained to say the least.
The reason why people were so willing to vaccinate against Smallpox and Polio is because these viruses were very dangerous to children. COVID, OTOH, is dangerous primarily to a small subset of the population.
To the broader "cheating" points made by both you and 25, expecting people to continue to willingly wear masks now that a vaccine is widely available is unrealistic. Eradicating COVID is also not realistic for the reason discussed above - not enough people are afraid of it to go along with a complete mass vaccination effort. So at some point, you're going to have to put on your big boy pants, understand that COVID is going to be an ongoing reality much like the flu, and protect yourselves as you see fit.
You just can’t stand looking in the mirror!