CDC now says the fully vaccinated can go unmasked!

[Mr. Coffee]

It will be sunny and near 70 today. I am going out for a ride in two hours. I hope to be in a better mood upon my return.

I've got a few chores to do them I'm going for a final shakedown before my next bike adventure...

 

[tomjasz]

Does anyone have a favorite mirror?

 

[john peck]

Remember that is CDC guidance, and in most places whether you have to be masked up in a supermarket is determined by the state or local government.

Because you can't tell by looking at people whether they are vaccinated, this isn't likely to make a huge difference in most cases where you are indoors. If your workplace requires everyone to be vaccinated before coming to work that means you probably don't need to wear a mask at work, though.

OKay, we´ve heard from the CDC, but has Jay inslee lifted the mask order here in WA? I´ve heard
nothing locally.

 

[john peck]

Well, they have only studied mRNA vaccines for other purposes (mainly cancer treatments) for thirty years. So yes it is a very new treatment but it has been studied for a long time, with clinical trials of other mRNA vaccines (mostly for melanoma) going back several years.

I agree that there is a possibility of long-term effects, but that possibility isn't very large. So far these vaccines have not just proven to be safe, but to be extraordinarily safe. Your odds of dying of covid are approximately one thousand times higher than dying from this vaccine.

Eh...., it I die I die. That which doesn´t kill you only forestalls the inevitable.