Pizzaslut
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Post by Pizzaslut on Aug 3, 2021 16:12:04 GMT -6
My kids' preschool did this. They work masks outside of the classroom and when they were playing outside. I will say that the 5 year old's mask was covered in spit and disgusting every day so there were times I questioned was it even doing anything for him. That seems counterintuitive. The kids in their class are “in their bubble.” (Their thinking not necessarily mine). I do see that DS (almost 6) does have his on a lot in the class when I pick him up. The 3 year old didn’t wear one when she was 2 but once she was 3, she wears it outside of the class. Oh and I misspoke. The do not wear it once they are outside playing, only when walking to and from.
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McBenny
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Post by McBenny on Aug 3, 2021 16:14:43 GMT -6
For the spreadsheet: I stayed mask cause
They said the entrance is nose and mouth so to me and my little brain, I wanted a barrier to my entrance.
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Post by sweptaway on Aug 3, 2021 16:18:24 GMT -6
What the fuck is a Buccee?
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piratecat
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Post by piratecat on Aug 3, 2021 16:18:34 GMT -6
I’m back to double masking indoors. 🤷🏻♀️ My point is what happened to that guidance? A few months ago, it was “one mask won’t prevent Covid, you need two.” Now, it’s, “delta is here, put a mask on.” But if delta has a viral load 1000x worse than the original strain, than what will a single mask do? It’s just inconsistent, there was a hard push for two masks. And now it’s abandoned. Yes, the CDC has been fucking up messaging around masks from day 1.
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Post by sweptaway on Aug 3, 2021 16:19:20 GMT -6
I work with THE PUBLIC so I wouldn't mind staying masked forever and ever amen.
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Post by sweptaway on Aug 3, 2021 16:20:07 GMT -6
My point is what happened to that guidance? A few months ago, it was “one mask won’t prevent Covid, you need two.” Now, it’s, “delta is here, put a mask on.” But if delta has a viral load 1000x worse than the original strain, than what will a single mask do? It’s just inconsistent, there was a hard push for two masks. And now it’s abandoned. Yes, the CDC has been fucking up messaging around masks from day 1. Lord yes we were arguing about it 16 months ago and here we are now
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AmyG
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Post by AmyG on Aug 3, 2021 16:20:14 GMT -6
Are you guys going into stores that are very crowded? When I run into Target, it's usually pretty empty and no one is getting within 6 feet of us. Maybe for 1 second if I happen to pass someone in an aisle but I try to avoid doing that. I also don't take my kids a lot of places so I'm not running into it a lot. Of course with Delta, everything is going to be changing I feel, so I'll be back to not really taking them in anywhere again. What is this sorcery that is an uncrowded Target? They're always full parking lots, waiting in lines to check out. laughing at uncrowded store. what is that? Ok I take that back. I can go into one of the 4 dollar trees around me and there will be almost nobody there. IF I go at 1pm ish on Tuesday or Thursdays. So Dollar Tree is my escape shopping experience during the whole pandemic
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Dr. Cox
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Post by Dr. Cox on Aug 3, 2021 16:22:05 GMT -6
What the fuck is a Buccee? It’s a cult in Texas. But seriously, a giant travel center/gas station with literally everything.
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hawkward
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Post by hawkward on Aug 3, 2021 16:22:30 GMT -6
I’m back to double masking indoors. 🤷🏻♀️ My point is what happened to that guidance? A few months ago, it was “one mask won’t prevent Covid, you need two.” Now, it’s, “delta is here, put a mask on.” But if delta has a viral load 1000x than the original strain, than what will a single mask do? It’s just inconsistent, there was a hard push for two masks. And now it’s abandoned. I’m telling you, the CDC needs to hire buzzed me as PR. So the guidance for two masks was aimed toward those who couldn’t/wouldn’t get vaxxed. But it wasn’t explicitly said, because God forbid we hurt an anti vaxxer’s feelings. They should have had two masks. Then we wouldn’t be coughing delta on each other now. The people who were already doing what they should have been doing were all “oh shit, this is getting real!” while the assholes were running around having the modern day equivalent of chicken pox parties. But no one from the CDC bothered to say any of this, and then they updated their guidance for for vaxxed people and the non-vaxxers were all “MERICA! FOURTH OF JULY! FREEDOM!” And now we have delta variant and those of us who were doing what we were supposed to (minimizing risks and getting vaxxed if possible) are now screaming OH FUCK again while the rest of the US gets covid in P-town. /fin
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sewf
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Post by sewf on Aug 3, 2021 16:23:23 GMT -6
I just saw that wegmans is requiring all employees to wear masks again Not sure if it's just the one that I go to, but at the WalMart Market near me, all employees were back in masks, and they were offering them to customers as they walked in.
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hawkward
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Post by hawkward on Aug 3, 2021 16:26:25 GMT -6
I hope every adult that is able to be vaccinated and isn’t is scared as hell about what is happening right now. I welcome everyone sensational news story about how dangerous this is if you aren’t vaccinated. Get the fucking vaccine this entire surge was preventable and I find the people that didn’t get the vaccine to be enraging. Yesterday a friend of mine told me that she’s using my kids’ shitty immune systems to shame get coworkers into getting vaxxed and it has worked on a few people. She apologized for sharing our kids’ medical history without my permission and I told her to go ahead. I’m okay with making adults with conspiracy theory ideas feel shitty about their choices.
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brux
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Post by brux on Aug 3, 2021 16:29:11 GMT -6
I went to urgent care this past weekend and about 5% of the people I saw were masked, staff included. I thought it was still required in a health care setting, but apparently I was mistaken. It was confusing given Delta. Wow, I don’t know what I would do if I encountered that. People did away with masks very quickly around here but medical settings are still very serious. you should be happy to know that I brought a KF94 with me for that very occurrence. Also I didn’t want to run into any covid people also at the urgent care, and that seemed highly likely.
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Cher
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Post by Cher on Aug 3, 2021 16:30:10 GMT -6
My point is what happened to that guidance? A few months ago, it was “one mask won’t prevent Covid, you need two.” Now, it’s, “delta is here, put a mask on.” But if delta has a viral load 1000x than the original strain, than what will a single mask do? It’s just inconsistent, there was a hard push for two masks. And now it’s abandoned. I’m telling you, the CDC needs to hire buzzed me as PR. So the guidance for two masks was aimed toward those who couldn’t/wouldn’t get vaxxed. But it wasn’t explicitly said, because God forbid we hurt an anti vaxxer’s feelings. They should have had two masks. Then we wouldn’t be coughing delta on each other now. The people who were already doing what they should have been doing were all “oh shit, this is getting real!” while the assholes were running around having the modern day equivalent of chicken pox parties. But no one from the CDC bothered to say any of this, and then they updated their guidance for for vaxxed people and the non-vaxxers were all “MERICA! FOURTH OF JULY! FREEDOM!” And now we have delta variant and those of us who were doing what we were supposed to (minimizing risks and getting vaxxed if possible) are now screaming OH FUCK again while the rest of the US gets covid in P-town. /fin But they never said it was the non-vaxxed, right? Bc when I was at the vaccine site, we had to wear two masks due to guidance even though we were fully vaxxed. Meanwhile, we were all eating meals together in a cafeteria where the masks came off. Like, I wore 2 masks for a good portion of the year because I’m a rule follower but it made no sense. And then when they came back with mask guidance, and just were like, “yeah just throw any old mask on, Delta is super scary.” Anyway, when this is all over, I want a sitdown with the CDC, hosted by Andy Cohen, where we can make them answer for all the weird shit they did.
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Bookshelves
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Post by Bookshelves on Aug 3, 2021 16:33:03 GMT -6
I hope every adult that is able to be vaccinated and isn’t is scared as hell about what is happening right now. I welcome everyone sensational news story about how dangerous this is if you aren’t vaccinated. Get the fucking vaccine this entire surge was preventable and I find the people that didn’t get the vaccine to be enraging. What gutted me was my kid saying, “Everyone said when the vaccine was done, this would all start to get better, but people aren’t getting the vaccine.” I don’t know how to explain that to my kid.
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Dr. Cox
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Post by Dr. Cox on Aug 3, 2021 16:34:36 GMT -6
I’m telling you, the CDC needs to hire buzzed me as PR. So the guidance for two masks was aimed toward those who couldn’t/wouldn’t get vaxxed. But it wasn’t explicitly said, because God forbid we hurt an anti vaxxer’s feelings. They should have had two masks. Then we wouldn’t be coughing delta on each other now. The people who were already doing what they should have been doing were all “oh shit, this is getting real!” while the assholes were running around having the modern day equivalent of chicken pox parties. But no one from the CDC bothered to say any of this, and then they updated their guidance for for vaxxed people and the non-vaxxers were all “MERICA! FOURTH OF JULY! FREEDOM!” And now we have delta variant and those of us who were doing what we were supposed to (minimizing risks and getting vaxxed if possible) are now screaming OH FUCK again while the rest of the US gets covid in P-town. /fin But they never said it was the non-vaxxed, right? Bc when I was at the vaccine site, we had to wear two masks due to guidance even though we were fully vaxxed. Meanwhile, we were all eating meals together in a cafeteria where the masks came off. Like, I wore 2 masks for a good portion of the year because I’m a rule follower but it made no sense. And then when they came back with mask guidance, and just were like, “yeah just throw any old mask on, Delta is super scary.” Anyway, when this is all over, I want a sitdown with the CDC, hosted by Andy Cohen, where we can make them answer for all the weird shit they did. Well, this would be amazing. Andy’s reunion expressions at the CDC would be ::chef’s kiss::.
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Dr. Cox
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Post by Dr. Cox on Aug 3, 2021 16:36:19 GMT -6
I hope every adult that is able to be vaccinated and isn’t is scared as hell about what is happening right now. I welcome everyone sensational news story about how dangerous this is if you aren’t vaccinated. Get the fucking vaccine this entire surge was preventable and I find the people that didn’t get the vaccine to be enraging. What gutted me was my kid saying, “Everyone said when the vaccine was done, this would all start to get better, but people aren’t getting the vaccine.” I don’t know how to explain that to my kid. Mine said similar and I just told him there are unfortunately very selfish people that don’t care about others, and also a lot of people who don’t believe in science. His idea was to send them all to live on an island which, yeah, I agree.
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Bookshelves
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Post by Bookshelves on Aug 3, 2021 16:37:33 GMT -6
I went to urgent care this past weekend and about 5% of the people I saw were masked, staff included. I thought it was still required in a health care setting, but apparently I was mistaken. It was confusing given Delta. Wow, I don’t know what I would do if I encountered that. People did away with masks very quickly around here but medical settings are still very serious. It was only a mother and teen son that I saw, but the nurse who walked me back said she had to ask them 3 times to put on masks (and they hadn’t brought any, of course). And then she told me, when I commented on the crowd, “If I were a bird, I’d fly into a fan. Hahaha!” But it was a hysterical kind of laugh that made me want to drop off chocolate or something when I get better. (I have f’ing strep.) What even are we doing to our HCW.
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rvasc
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Post by rvasc on Aug 3, 2021 16:38:02 GMT -6
CDC guidance and communication has been an unmitigated disaster.
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Cher
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Post by Cher on Aug 3, 2021 16:40:31 GMT -6
My little sensory disaster can’t wait to get vaxxed bc “you can take your mask off when you’re vaccinated!” When I put a mask on, he yells at me, “take that off! You’re vaccinated!”
He’s a pro-vaccine, anti-masker.
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hawkward
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Post by hawkward on Aug 3, 2021 16:45:28 GMT -6
I’m telling you, the CDC needs to hire buzzed me as PR. So the guidance for two masks was aimed toward those who couldn’t/wouldn’t get vaxxed. But it wasn’t explicitly said, because God forbid we hurt an anti vaxxer’s feelings. They should have had two masks. Then we wouldn’t be coughing delta on each other now. The people who were already doing what they should have been doing were all “oh shit, this is getting real!” while the assholes were running around having the modern day equivalent of chicken pox parties. But no one from the CDC bothered to say any of this, and then they updated their guidance for for vaxxed people and the non-vaxxers were all “MERICA! FOURTH OF JULY! FREEDOM!” And now we have delta variant and those of us who were doing what we were supposed to (minimizing risks and getting vaxxed if possible) are now screaming OH FUCK again while the rest of the US gets covid in P-town. /fin But they never said it was the non-vaxxed, right? Bc when I was at the vaccine site, we had to wear two masks due to guidance even though we were fully vaxxed. Meanwhile, we were all eating meals together in a cafeteria where the masks came off. Like, I wore 2 masks for a good portion of the year because I’m a rule follower but it made no sense. And then when they came back with mask guidance, and just were like, “yeah just throw any old mask on, Delta is super scary.” Anyway, when this is all over, I want a sitdown with the CDC, hosted by Andy Cohen, where we can make them answer for all the weird shit they did. Yeah, they never said the non-vaxxed, which is super super frustrating. And it’s also crazy because at our site, they told us we didn’t have to mask if we didn’t want to because “it would show why getting vaxxed was worth it.” But none of us wanted to be running around massless with thousands of unvaxxed, so…. I’m not arguing with you and I’m not defending the CDC. I’m frustrated too. Dumbing down science to make the anti-science people feel better is bullshit and I would love to see AC ask them about their fuckery as well.
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Cher
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Post by Cher on Aug 3, 2021 16:48:20 GMT -6
But they never said it was the non-vaxxed, right? Bc when I was at the vaccine site, we had to wear two masks due to guidance even though we were fully vaxxed. Meanwhile, we were all eating meals together in a cafeteria where the masks came off. Like, I wore 2 masks for a good portion of the year because I’m a rule follower but it made no sense. And then when they came back with mask guidance, and just were like, “yeah just throw any old mask on, Delta is super scary.” Anyway, when this is all over, I want a sitdown with the CDC, hosted by Andy Cohen, where we can make them answer for all the weird shit they did. Yeah, they never said the non-vaxxed, which is super super frustrating. And it’s also crazy because at our site, they told us we didn’t have to mask if we didn’t want to because “it would show why getting vaxxed was worth it.” But none of us wanted to be running around massless with thousands of unvaxxed, so…. I’m not arguing with you and I’m not defending the CDC. I’m frustrated too. Dumbing down science to make the anti-science people feel better is bullshit and I would love to see AC ask them about their fuckery as well. That’s so crazy they didn’t have you mask! My site was the opposite. My last day, I got scolded for pulling my masks down to take a sip of water because I was “modeling unsafe behavior”. Meanwhile I was fully vaxxed and our positivities were plummeting. I was like, “….. but I’m thirsty?”
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Post by lucilleaustero on Aug 3, 2021 16:49:07 GMT -6
We have been masked at work because medically fragile individuals. I stopped masking in public if I felt comfortable when the CDC dropped that mandate. I started masking in public again two weeks ago when Delta took off.
I am the only person in my gym that masks and I will stop mid workout to move to another machine if someone pops on next to me. Heavy breathing, gross.
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AmyG
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Post by AmyG on Aug 3, 2021 16:52:32 GMT -6
I’m telling you, the CDC needs to hire buzzed me as PR. So the guidance for two masks was aimed toward those who couldn’t/wouldn’t get vaxxed. But it wasn’t explicitly said, because God forbid we hurt an anti vaxxer’s feelings. They should have had two masks. Then we wouldn’t be coughing delta on each other now. The people who were already doing what they should have been doing were all “oh shit, this is getting real!” while the assholes were running around having the modern day equivalent of chicken pox parties. But no one from the CDC bothered to say any of this, and then they updated their guidance for for vaxxed people and the non-vaxxers were all “MERICA! FOURTH OF JULY! FREEDOM!” And now we have delta variant and those of us who were doing what we were supposed to (minimizing risks and getting vaxxed if possible) are now screaming OH FUCK again while the rest of the US gets covid in P-town. /fin But they never said it was the non-vaxxed, right? Bc when I was at the vaccine site, we had to wear two masks due to guidance even though we were fully vaxxed. Meanwhile, we were all eating meals together in a cafeteria where the masks came off. Like, I wore 2 masks for a good portion of the year because I’m a rule follower but it made no sense. And then when they came back with mask guidance, and just were like, “yeah just throw any old mask on, Delta is super scary.” Anyway, when this is all over, I want a sitdown with the CDC, hosted by Andy Cohen, where we can make them answer for all the weird shit they did. Trump ran off all of the good CDC people in their communications department? That's what makes sense in my head anyways.
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leahcar
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Post by leahcar on Aug 3, 2021 17:06:34 GMT -6
Now Texas people let’s talk about places that gave me a panic attack recently: Bucee’s in Madisonville. Holy shit. I would have felt safer on Main Street in Disney World on NYE, I went to one in Waller weekend before last and SAME. But - they have KN95s 10 for $1.99! I bought a pack to try, saw they were legit, and drove back to buy 10 more. Pro of no one else masking? 😭
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hawkward
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Post by hawkward on Aug 3, 2021 17:09:57 GMT -6
Yeah, they never said the non-vaxxed, which is super super frustrating. And it’s also crazy because at our site, they told us we didn’t have to mask if we didn’t want to because “it would show why getting vaxxed was worth it.” But none of us wanted to be running around massless with thousands of unvaxxed, so…. I’m not arguing with you and I’m not defending the CDC. I’m frustrated too. Dumbing down science to make the anti-science people feel better is bullshit and I would love to see AC ask them about their fuckery as well. That’s so crazy they didn’t have you mask! My site was the opposite. My last day, I got scolded for pulling my masks down to take a sip of water because I was “modeling unsafe behavior”. Meanwhile I was fully vaxxed and our positivities were plummeting. I was like, “….. but I’m thirsty?” So weird! Restaurants brought us food and the people running the site were like “eh, just sit and eat. Want some coffee? Show everyone how great it is to not have to worry about masks!” Meanwhile pretty much everyone I was working with had a reason to feel really passionate about reaching herd immunity and we were all hiding in the back as much as possible.
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Post by GhoatMonket on Aug 3, 2021 17:12:57 GMT -6
I went to urgent care this past weekend and about 5% of the people I saw were masked, staff included. I thought it was still required in a health care setting, but apparently I was mistaken. It was confusing given Delta. Wow, I don’t know what I would do if I encountered that. People did away with masks very quickly around here but medical settings are still very serious. I was shocked when H told me our Dr office had dropped masks (they are back now).
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hawkward
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Post by hawkward on Aug 3, 2021 17:16:11 GMT -6
This would be much more reassuring if states had a consistent reporting of non-hospitalized, non-death breakthrough cases.
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Post by Sweetjane on Aug 3, 2021 17:20:01 GMT -6
Wow, I don’t know what I would do if I encountered that. People did away with masks very quickly around here but medical settings are still very serious. I was shocked when H told me our Dr office had dropped masks (they are back now). I mean I kind of just assumed masks in Health Care facilities were here to stay. Permanently. I guess not.
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piratecat
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Post by piratecat on Aug 3, 2021 17:21:57 GMT -6
Wow, I don’t know what I would do if I encountered that. People did away with masks very quickly around here but medical settings are still very serious. you should be happy to know that I brought a KF94 with me for that very occurrence. Also I didn’t want to run into any covid people also at the urgent care, and that seemed highly likely. Do people with COVID symptoms go someplace else at least? I’m glad you have the KF94s to keep you safe. 😘
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piratecat
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Post by piratecat on Aug 3, 2021 17:23:35 GMT -6
I hope every adult that is able to be vaccinated and isn’t is scared as hell about what is happening right now. I welcome everyone sensational news story about how dangerous this is if you aren’t vaccinated. Get the fucking vaccine this entire surge was preventable and I find the people that didn’t get the vaccine to be enraging. What gutted me was my kid saying, “Everyone said when the vaccine was done, this would all start to get better, but people aren’t getting the vaccine.” I don’t know how to explain that to my kid. 💔
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