I was the only person without a mask at Whole Foods

I’m with you, although I haven’t taken mine off yet in a store.

A rule that makes sense should be abided, but mass conformity has had some bad outcomes,

your life must be action packed.

Bummbull wrote:

I thought the left was all about following the science

Hahahahahaha

Their hypocrisy on climate change proves that it’s all about the virtue signaling and zero about the science.

Ive been fully vaccinated for months.

When I am in a fully occupied indoor location I have my mask handy and if I feel unsafe for whatever reason I put it on.

Whats the big deal? Why take a risk about something NO ONE has a clue about.

If you're driving down a long empty highway you probably wont get into a dangerous accident. but you still have your seat belt on. You're not being a hero, or a loser, by putting n a darn mask IF you feel like it.

Also I never have one on when I'm outdoors, long before the CDC told me that was ok.

Bummbull wrote: I thought the left was all about following the science and if you’re vaccinated, what’s the point of wearing the mask?

That's really funny. Since when did anyone in government follow the science on this?

I'll raise you 1 outdoor track meet I was @ yesterday where just about everyone in the stands except me was masked. Sigh.

Conversely, I have only seen one person wearing a mask this week.

But I live in Idaho……..

aaazx wrote:

your life must be action packed.

lol!

Why are you going to Whole paycheck in the first place?

Did you know they are owned by Amazon

Agreed that the epidemiology science says that it's fine to forego a mask at the grocery store if you're fully vaccinated. However, the social science says that the only way to keep the still-vulnerable population safe is to require *everyone* to keep wearing masks because by this point, the only unvaccinated people are those who refuse to be. And they're the same people who won't wear masks unless they're absolutely required to. Think about it, do you think the vaccine resisters are going to see the sign at Whole Foods (assuming they would even go there in the first place) that says "masks required unless you've been vaccinated" and willingly whip out there mask and put it on even though they're dead set against vaccinations? Simpler and more effective to keep requiring that everyone wear them, until some threshold of the population has been fully vaccinated and/or new cases have dropped below some level.

As of May 23, 2021 at 10:45 AM EDT, the following is on the CDC vaccine FAQ page:

Q: How long does protection from a COVID-19 vaccine last ?

A: We don’t know how long protection lasts for those who are vaccinated.

Yes, they’re owned by Amazon so I went there to return a product I bought on Amazon.

Did you not know you could do that?

"Why take a risk about something NO ONE has a clue about."

Yet you trust the vaccine?

Tommy2Nutz wrote:

Ive been fully vaccinated for months.

When I am in a fully occupied indoor location I have my mask handy and if I feel unsafe for whatever reason I put it on.

Whats the big deal? Why take a risk about something NO ONE has a clue about.

If you're driving down a long empty highway you probably wont get into a dangerous accident. but you still have your seat belt on. You're not being a hero, or a loser, by putting n a darn mask IF you feel like it.

Also I never have one on when I'm outdoors, long before the CDC told me that was ok.

What risk is there if I’m fully vaccinated? Only risk is to people who are not vaccinated.

So, it’s being paranoid for no reason.

So the risk is to people who are not vaccinated?

If you’re vaccinated, you’re fine. That was the point of getting vaccinated, right?

I don’t care if anti vaxxers are walking around without their masks bc by your logic, they were always walking around without masks. So, now that I’m vaccinated, it doesn’t matter if they breathe on me. And it doesn’t matter to anyone who has gotten their vaccine already.

I live between a college town and a working class town in North Carolina. I'd say half the people in the working class town quit wearing masks months ago, even before the vaccines came out (despite the state mask mandate). I was in the college town yesterday and 95% of people are still wearing masks. In one store it was just me and 1 other guy going maskless. The infection and death rates have been the same in both towns.

If the store gives the option, I see no problem with taking the option.

Sure, *some* unvaxxed people will lie and go in without a mask. Of course they will. But most folks, at least those with three-digit IQs, know that going in, don't they?

Around NYC right now it's more straightforward: Stores continue to require people to be masked, and virtually everyone (exception: the idiots who cover their mouth but not their nose) is. A very large number of people in Lower Manhattan are also wearing masks outside, but most of them are headed somewhere inside soon, so I can understand it.

I don’t get the argument of there will be unvaccinated people going into stores without masks. By now, any adult in America could’ve gotten a vaccine. So, if you have had the vaccine, there is no threat to be out maskless. So, people still wearing masks and vaccinated does not make sense.

I hope a Karen will confront me soon.

I’m in Seattle and only got my 2nd shot a couple days ago. So will wait 2 weeks before unmasking indoors. Everyone’s on a different timeline.

I live in an absurdly alt-left city and went out for a nice dinner last night. Neither me nor anyone else was wearing a mask. Why do conservatives get such a b0ner over masks, anyway?