Covid: CDC Says No Mask Necessary For Fully Vaccinated

[Sensei]

You mean HIPAA?

Still not relevant. HIPAA regulates medical providers and how their handle your information.

Wrong acronym and wrong context. That takes some effort.

[Duelist]

Hmmmm........yup, think I'll keep wearing a mask. Been wearing one every day for 35 years now, never have been ill or missed a day of work. Don't see a reason to stop now, particularly since COVID is indeed still around and we still are seeing folks die--even some who have documented vaccination.

I usually get two or three colds a year, and at least one sinus infection after, and occasionally the flu.

Haven’t had a single thing, respiratory-ailment wise, in over a year.

I think they call that a clue. And I’ll probably keep wearing masks indoors around others for a while yet.

[Norville]

I usually get two or three colds a year, and at least one sinus infection after, and occasionally the flu.

Haven’t had a single thing, respiratory-ailment wise, in over a year.

I think they call that a clue. And I’ll probably keep wearing masks indoors around others for a while yet.

Do you attribute the lack of illness to the mask, the “social distance “ or to the fact that anyone who coughs in public is practically shunned?

Maybe the combination?

[mmc45414]

Do you attribute the lack of illness to the mask, the “social distance “ or to the fact that anyone who coughs in public is practically shunned?

Maybe the combination?

I do think staying home has made me more healthy. Just my feels but going a year without getting on an airplane or staying in only a couple of hotels (and not using any of the exercise equipment) could be a factor.

[Bucky]

IMO there is never going to be a 100% answer to this (and the lack of 100% black and white answers is hanging up many people on both sides).

We will never have a 100% answer because we, as a people, are no longer able to make fully objective unbiased research / decisions. People with power, even outside of government, want to force their opinions and ideology upon others. Big business Employers are lecturing people on their bias, and now with this pandemic trying to force employees to wave their HIPPA rights.

[mmc45414]

Sometime during the second season riding with it I figured out it had been shipped with a protective film on the lens..

As mentioned above, face shield lenses often have a protective sheet over both viewing surfaces for shipping protection.

These are cheap plastic disposable face shields - no protective film over the plastic.

I hope I didn't imply that anybody else might be a dumb as I am, but to make me look even dumber, the whole story is it was my wife that figured it out not me. She grew up in a semi-rural situation and is defiantly not prissy. But there are a handful of things that trigger her in a way that makes me wonder if The Princess and the Pea might be a true story, her vision is one of those things. When we got the helmets they came with all kinds of warnings about being dual pane heated visors that are not perfectly clear and not DOT approved for street use, and I accepted it is what it is. She didn't get to ride until the next season, after I had probably ridden about a thousand miles with mine, and pulls up next to me after about the first mile and says something like ICANNOTSEESHITTHROUGHTHISTHINGITISGIVINGMEAHEADACH IWILLNOTBEABLETODEALWITHTHISALLDAYTHISISTERRIBLETH EREHASTOBESOMETHINGWRONGIFEELLIKEIAMGOINGTOPUKE!!! !!, then reached up and pulled the protective film off her shield. And I thought, gee, I do not ever remember pulling that off of mine. It was like the morning after my first cataract surgery...

[revchuck38]

Do you attribute the lack of illness to the mask, the “social distance “ or to the fact that anyone who coughs in public is practically shunned?

Maybe the combination?

From what I've read, there's been almost no flu this flu season. Since it apparently propagates the same way as Covid, the masks and handwashing have been credited with the near-absence of flu.

[blues]

Masks are like, so two weeks ago...

[Duelist]

Do you attribute the lack of illness to the mask, the “social distance “ or to the fact that anyone who coughs in public is practically shunned?

Maybe the combination?

Maybe a combination of those things and the fact that every kid who exhibits the least symptom of illness at school is immediately sent to the nurses office and then straight home instead of walking around infecting everyone.

[Hambo]

I usually get two or three colds a year, and at least one sinus infection after, and occasionally the flu.

Haven’t had a single thing, respiratory-ailment wise, in over a year.

I think they call that a clue. And I’ll probably keep wearing masks indoors around others for a while yet.

I can wait to unmask until they clear up a couple of things.

What We’re Still Learning

How effective the vaccines are against variants of the virus that causes COVID-19. Early data show the vaccines may work against some variants but could be less effective against others.
How well the vaccines protect people with weakened immune systems, including people who take immunosuppressive medications.
How long COVID-19 vaccines can protect people.

As we know more, CDC will continue to update our recommendations for both vaccinated and unvaccinated people.