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Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most places, the CDC said

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Re: Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most places, the CDC said

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Post by machello13 »

abduhl wrote: post #40
jasonlaramburu wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are literally zero downsides to wearing a mask in public, and it's crazy that anyone would shame someone for it. In many Asian countries it is considered civilized and thoughtful to wear a mask when feeling ill to prevent the spread of disease. I too hope this becomes the norm in the US.

You don't think that the continual dehumanization of people into creatures with eyes, hair, and without emotions is a downside to wearing a mask in public? A smile as you hold the elevator door for someone goes unseen; all the other person gets is a withering stare from behind a sterile surgeon's mask. A joke that's good enough to make someone grin but not laugh is now a joke that falls flat on its face. An inappropr…

You can easily tell whether someone is smiling or not underneath a mask, and I think most people have learned to "smile with their eyes" to make it even more obvious. It's not that big a deal.

Re: Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most places, the CDC said

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Post by jasonlaramburu »

abduhl wrote: post #40
jasonlaramburu wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are literally zero downsides to wearing a mask in public, and it's crazy that anyone would shame someone for it. In many Asian countries it is considered civilized and thoughtful to wear a mask when feeling ill to prevent the spread of disease. I too hope this becomes the norm in the US.

You don't think that the continual dehumanization of people into creatures with eyes, hair, and without emotions is a downside to wearing a mask in public? A smile as you hold the elevator door for someone goes unseen; all the other person gets is a withering stare from behind a sterile surgeon's mask. A joke that's good enough to make someone grin but not laugh is now a joke that falls flat on its face. An inappropr…

I think it should be 100% the wearer's choice whether they want to show the world their face or not. Saying 'thank you' to someone opening the door is just as good as a smile. Nobody 'owes' anyone else anything.

Re: Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most places, the CDC said

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Post by jasonlaramburu »

BurritoAlPastor wrote: post #38
jasonlaramburu wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are literally zero downsides to wearing a mask in public, and it's crazy that anyone would shame someone for it. In many Asian countries it is considered civilized and thoughtful to wear a mask when feeling ill to prevent the spread of disease. I too hope this becomes the norm in the US.

“Literally zero downsides” is a bit of an exaggeration, don’t you think? Surely you’ll concede that they make your glasses fog up.

Haha fair but they do have masks with a little bit of foam on the nosepiece for this purpose.

Re: Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most places, the CDC said

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Post by mikem170 »

sacomo wrote: post #37
nradov wrote: post #28

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Were you wearing a mask in 2019? Because influenza killed thousands of people that year, and we didn't have a 100% preventative vaccine.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2...

Are you saying that you don't want to take any risk of dying of covid, but your odds of dying of the flu don't bother you?

Re: Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most places, the CDC said

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Post by onionisafruit »

jasonlaramburu wrote: post #43
BurritoAlPastor wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

“Literally zero downsides” is a bit of an exaggeration, don’t you think? Surely you’ll concede that they make your glasses fog up.

Haha fair but they do have masks with a little bit of foam on the nosepiece for this purpose.

I can't believe I got through (hopefully) most of the covid pandemic fogging up my glasses without knowing this simple solution exists.

Re: Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most places, the CDC said

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Post by sacomo »

mikem170 wrote: post #44
sacomo wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2...

Are you saying that you don't want to take any risk of dying of covid, but your odds of dying of the flu don't bother you?

Yes

Re: Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most places, the CDC said

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Post by throwaway8581 »

This is now a multi month off ramp for insane people’s cognitive dissonance. Nothing changed except that it was becoming political untenable to continue with these irrational mask policies. An entire country held hostage to people who are too trusting of what CNN and second rate government bureaucrats tell them.

Re: Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most places, the CDC said

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Post by dang »

All: I know it's a topic that brings up strong feelings, but please only post if you're in a curious state [1]—not an agitated one. We all get agitated, because we're all human—but it leads to repetitive, predictable, and eventually nasty internet comments, so please don't go there until that subsides.

The story is on topic because it's significant new information [2], but we're only going to get an interesting thread if people stick to the guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

[1] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

[2] https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so...

Re: Vaccinated Americans now may go without masks in most places, the CDC said

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Post by sjg007 »

908B64B197 wrote: post #20

On the west coast now more than one third of the population is fully vaccinated (excluding BC that is severely lagging behind). How long until coastal and urban counties reach 95%?

They won't ever reach 95%; not gonna happen.
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