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Voltaire2

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39. We will know because the variants

Sun May 16, 2021, 06:19 AM

May 2021

are getting identified and evaluated just about as soon as they emerge. So if a variant emerges that is not handled by the vaccines the recommendations will change.

Nobody is stopping you from wearing a mask, but for now, if you are vaccinated, it is not necessary.

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I was caught off guard by the change in the CDC mask guidance. I was confused and skeptical. [View all] TomSlick May 2021 OP

I will probably mask in crowds but it is great to be relaxed about it questionseverything May 2021 #1

Just keep in mind that Dr. Fauci ALSO told you not to wear one for months Ms. Toad May 2021 #2

I don't buy it. TomSlick May 2021 #5

I remember him saying last year not to wear a mask because they 'weren't needed,' HUAJIAO May 2021 #20

What Fauci said: dalton99a May 2021 #32

Thanks for posting that video. HUAJIAO May 2021 #47

I work in a hospital. We had nothing close to what we needed AllyCat May 2021 #46

My point, precisely. Ms. Toad May 2021 #51

Do you know how science works? scipan May 2021 #57

My science degree pretty strongly suggests that I do. Ms. Toad May 2021 #60

Okay. I thought the mask tests (the ones in lab settings scipan May 2021 #62

Dr Fauci is also expert fescuerescue May 2021 #52

We're on the Same Page n/t OhioChick May 2021 #6

You and Ohio Chick and I, sticking together again.. :)) HUAJIAO May 2021 #19

I'm Noticing That, as well. OhioChick May 2021 #33

Then they'll wear masks. AZSkiffyGeek May 2021 #34

I wasn't even responding to you....move along n/t OhioChick May 2021 #35

You were responding to a message board. AZSkiffyGeek May 2021 #37

The media sure like that "confusion" angle, don't they? gratuitous May 2021 #3

Exactly, that annoyed me also today. MLAA May 2021 #13

The problem is that the ones who are not yet vaccinated are the ones who don't believe Scrivener7 May 2021 #41

Bravo... HUAJIAO May 2021 #48

If you are fully vaccinated why would Walmart kelly1mm May 2021 #4

I know, it's irrational but have you ever been to a Walmart in south Arkansas? TomSlick May 2021 #7

Haha! Ok I get it now but I don't think a mask kelly1mm May 2021 #12

OMG! I've got the best story from the Magnolia, Arkansas Walmart! GulfCoast66 May 2021 #28

Some people, like Bill Maher, have become infected even after being fully vaccinated. pnwmom May 2021 #25

One of the pieces behind the announcement was that vaccinated AREN'T contagious AZSkiffyGeek May 2021 #36

That was about the Pfizer vaccine, not the others -- yet. pnwmom May 2021 #38

The CDCis not mandating no masks and kelly1mm May 2021 #55

The smell.... HUAJIAO May 2021 #49

Remember, Dr. F told us we didn't need masks early on, too. Hoyt May 2021 #8

See Post 5 above. TomSlick May 2021 #9

+1. Sorry, should have read previous posts before responding to OP. Hoyt May 2021 #10

No worries. TomSlick May 2021 #11

There wasn't a shortage of masks if people put in the time to hunt them down. HUAJIAO May 2021 #21

You were right the first time. See post 32. It's an interview where Fauci says we don't need masks. Scrivener7 May 2021 #43

See post 32 above. It is a film of Fauci saying the opposite of your post 5. Scrivener7 May 2021 #42

Cut Fauci some slack fescuerescue May 2021 #53

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Wow. That's pretty bold for a first post. TomSlick May 2021 #17

Sorry I missed what that person said. Are they doing the post/delete thing? C Moon May 2021 #23

No. The post was hidden by a jury. TomSlick May 2021 #54

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I will wear a mask in places where businesses ask me to Bettie May 2021 #16

If you go into your grocery store, and no one is wearing a mask, pnwmom May 2021 #18

On the money !! HUAJIAO May 2021 #22

This is what bothers me. Demobrat May 2021 #24

+1, looks like CDC focus was on individual not community and that's why nurses condemn move uponit7771 May 2021 #40

It's very unlikely Elessar Zappa May 2021 #50

Wearing a mask inside for the last 13 months has prevented me from getting the yearly flu... Justice matters. May 2021 #26

I won't think much of it at all BGBD May 2021 #27

What happens when the virus mutates into a form that isn't stopped by the vaccine? pnwmom May 2021 #29

We will know because the variants Voltaire2 May 2021 #39

Gee, I just thought most of the adults in my town must have asthma! Beartracks May 2021 #30

I'll believe I'm safe because I'm fully vaxed. I don't care if the others around me are not. beaglelover May 2021 #56

Lol! Ok! Nt USALiberal May 2021 #61

For those that got the vaccine and worried, then ask speaknow May 2021 #31

Unvaccinated people will not be wearing masks. Vaccinated people can still get the Scrivener7 May 2021 #44

I spoke with a data manager for two enormous vaccine study groups yesterday Yonnie3 May 2021 #45

I got the vaccine to help contain the virus Skittles May 2021 #59

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles May 2021 #58