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Yonnie3

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45. I spoke with a data manager for two enormous vaccine study groups yesterday

Sun May 16, 2021, 07:44 AM

May 2021

He will be wearing a mask for at least another month indoors with non-family. He has a child too young for the vaccine.

They don't have enough data about transmission and asymptomatic (or mild) cases yet for him to be comfortable unmasking.

These are his personal beliefs and mirror my feelings as well.

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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

Post removed Post removed May 2021 #15

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