D&D and the rising pandemic

[Mirtek]

According to several studies conducted by multiple countries, everyone wearing them reduced transmission by about 70%.

Tell that to the german government (who also were vehemently against any requirement to wear masks at all for app. the first 2 months)

 

[Maxperson]

Tell that to the german government (who also were vehemently against any requirement to wear masks at all for app. the first 2 months)

I'm not German and they probably wouldn't listen to me.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Got my second shot today! And I did get Moderna, like my first one, in spite of them warning me that they might swap it out for Pfizer. I guess they just wanted people to be ready to take whatever is available (though they had Pfizer going around too - I think it was just in case of shortages that didn't happen).

 

[MoonSong]

I certainly believe the folks who've actually been being careful over the past year are tired of it, I know I am and have slacked off some! It feels like something else from a lot of others here in the land of 43% vacc rate (of those age 12+) when the centers started shutting down from lack of interest well over a month ago.

I don't know, sometimes I get bored of it, but then I look at so many irresponsible people and I remember that I don't want to bring home the bug. I'm vaccinated, several of my loved ones aren't yet.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

We’re close to 50% fully vaxed in Dallas county, with 80% at least half vaxed or having actually being ill with C19.

And with the nastier variants circulating, I have no problem masking up still. I’ve forgotten my mask a few times- less than 1/week- but never for longer than a few minutes.

Besides C19, my allergies have been brutal this year, so it’s a lot better optics to cough, etc. while masked than un.

 

[Maxperson]

We’re close to 50% fully vaxed in Dallas county, with 80% at least half vaxed or having actually being ill with C19.

And with the nastier variants circulating, I have no problem masking up still. I’ve forgotten my mask a few times- less than 1/week- but never for longer than a few minutes.

Besides C19, my allergies have been brutal this year, so it’s a lot better optics to cough, etc. while masked than un.

Yeah. I know the feeling. I have cough variant asthma and bad allergies. The combination gives me a cough for about 6-7 months out of the year..............................for the last 27 years or so. Even with the mask on, I've gotten a LOT of looks.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I’ve probably said it before, but it bears repeating: going forward from after the pandemic ends or society reaches some kind of equilibrium with it, I’m going to adopt the Japanese standard for masking. If I have anything I suspect may be contagious, the mask will be on. (possibly if my allergies are acting up, too.)

 

[Deset Gled]

I’ve probably said it before, but it bears repeating: going forward from after the pandemic ends or society reaches some kind of equilibrium with it, I’m going to adopt the Japanese standard for masking. If I have anything I suspect may be contagious, the mask will be on. (possibly if my allergies are acting up, too.)

I will probably try this as well, but I'm not sure how it will play out. It used to be that you could get kicked out of a bank for wearing a mask, and many other (US) business were not happy with people wearing masks for security reasons. I know places like Disney had "no masks if you're over ~12 years old" rules. We could see some interesting transitions.

 

[CapnZapp]

Far too much focus on masks here for my liking.

People don't like wearing masks. People won't wear masks indefinitely.

Let's instead focus on vaccinations, and acknowledge that getting riled up about people not wearing masks is a distraction from the real issue: getting vaccinated.

The end analysis is: soon richer countries can claim that anyone that wants the vaccine has had the opportunity to get it.

At this stage the question needs to be asked: who's the restrictions and limitations for?

At a certain point (and it is soon arriving) the conclusion will be that society should stop protecting those that didn't take the vaccine and get back to normal.

More bluntly: if you get hospitalized because you weren't vaccinated, that's on you.

Meanwhile society will drop restrictions - and masks - and move on. This isn't yet public policy, but it will be - sooner than you think.

So get vaccinated. Now.

(Again, only addressing you if you're from a privileged country where vaccinations are readily available. The above does NOT apply to struggling countries around the world)

 

[Maxperson]

Far too much focus on masks here for my liking.

People don't like wearing masks. People won't wear masks indefinitely.

Let's instead focus on vaccinations, and acknowledge that getting riled up about people not wearing masks is a distraction from the real issue: getting vaccinated.

The end analysis is: soon richer countries can claim that anyone that wants the vaccine has had the opportunity to get it.

At this stage the question needs to be asked: who's the restrictions and limitations for?

At a certain point (and it is soon arriving) the conclusion will be that society should stop protecting those that didn't take the vaccine and get back to normal.

More bluntly: if you get hospitalized because you weren't vaccinated, that's on you.

Meanwhile society will drop restrictions - and masks - and move on. This isn't yet public policy, but it will be - sooner than you think.

So get vaccinated. Now.

(Again, only addressing you if you're from a privileged country where vaccinations are readily available. The above does NOT apply to struggling countries around the world)

The problem here is that in England, out of the last 90kish(going from memory) cases of Covid, close to 21k had at least 1 dose of the vaccine, and about 7k were fully vaccinated. The Delta variant isn't leaving the vaccinated untouched, so it's not just the anti-vaxers who will be hit by this.