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Peacetrain

(22,874 posts)
Fri Jul 30, 2021, 11:08 AM Jul 2021

I am fully vaccinated and wearing the mask again.. to protect others

I have issues breathing through the mask right now because of some invasive testing on my heart...but the more that I hear about the new info from the medical community that now they are seeing the fully vaccinated able to spread the viral load.. even though I am protected, I refuse to put others at risk for my own personal comfort.

I can wear a mask in a store and take it off as soon as I get out and distanced from others. It is not an imposition on my personal rights.. but a duty to my fellow citizens who walk beside me, who have children, relatives with organ transplants, elderly whose shots are beginning to wane etc etc. I could not sleep at night if I thought I was putting others at risk for something as simple as not wearing a mask for a few minutes

I do not understand how we became so selfish, that we cannot give an inch to help another live.

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I am fully vaccinated and wearing the mask again.. to protect others (Original Post) Peacetrain Jul 2021 OP
Never stopped..as you said, it's the right thing to do PortTack Jul 2021 #1
I'm with you now.. masking everywhere all the time. ananda Jul 2021 #2
I had not expected this medical testing and had hoped that I could forego the masks Peacetrain Jul 2021 #6
I, too, never stopped Rorey Jul 2021 #3
Same here LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2021 #4
i dont mind wearing mine.. I bought some real pretty ones samnsara Jul 2021 #5
I wear mine to protect ME. roamer65 Jul 2021 #7
My mask says... sanatanadharma Jul 2021 #8
I never stopped wearing masks in stores . But, I did go to restaurants. I decided since the surge mucifer Jul 2021 #9
Me too Laurelin Jul 2021 #10
I never stopped and I had my 2nd shot way back on Feb 5th. lamp_shade Jul 2021 #11
Yep good way to be... I was just reading on the DU feed that Peacetrain Jul 2021 #12

ananda

(28,856 posts)
2. I'm with you now.. masking everywhere all the time.
Fri Jul 30, 2021, 11:13 AM
Jul 2021

After I read the article about virus shedding, I realized
that vaxxed people can be just as much of a danger
to others as the unvaxxed.

Peacetrain

(22,874 posts)
6. I had not expected this medical testing and had hoped that I could forego the masks
Fri Jul 30, 2021, 11:35 AM
Jul 2021

but its just not safe for others.. and actually not safe for me either to get a break through infection with my numbers all being down.. if the selfish would have taken the vaccine.. but it is what it is, and I am masking back up..

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
3. I, too, never stopped
Fri Jul 30, 2021, 11:15 AM
Jul 2021

I honestly don't care if I'm the only person in a store wearing a mask. I'm not criticizing anyone else, but it's not a big sacrifice for me to put on a mask.

LetMyPeopleVote

(145,086 posts)
4. Same here
Fri Jul 30, 2021, 11:19 AM
Jul 2021

I never stopped wearing my mask at supermarket and other stores. Yesterday my law firm changed back to the old rule and we have to wear masks when we are in pubic spaces even if we are vaccinated This was a good move by my law firm

roamer65

(36,745 posts)
7. I wear mine to protect ME.
Fri Jul 30, 2021, 11:39 AM
Jul 2021

Even with being fully vaccinated, I don’t want this damn 🦠.

...and I certainly don’t want to be around the healthcare system right now.

mucifer

(23,523 posts)
9. I never stopped wearing masks in stores . But, I did go to restaurants. I decided since the surge
Fri Jul 30, 2021, 11:59 AM
Jul 2021

I can do take out.

Peacetrain

(22,874 posts)
12. Yep good way to be... I was just reading on the DU feed that
Fri Jul 30, 2021, 03:23 PM
Jul 2021

74% of newly infected in Mass have been vaccinated.. this mutant strain (Delta) is the nightmare Dr Fauci warned us about if we did not get to her immunity..

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