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Bobstandard

(1,305 posts)
22. Always bunk: "The mask is the solution to prevent giving it.
Mon Jun 28, 2021, 12:00 AM
Jun 2021

The typical mask may always have been more effective against giving than getting the virus but it has always given the wearer some protection.

I had someone confront me about wearing my mask just day before yesterday and I told him honestly that It was to protect me from the assholes who refuse to get vaccinated. And then I said,” why, what business is it of yours?” He skittered off down the chips and soda aisle.

Fully vaccinated, and keeping my mask on [View all] DemocraticPatriot Jun 2021 OP
I'm keeping my mask on too MiniMe Jun 2021 #1
Wearing my mask until I feel safe I_UndergroundPanther Jun 2021 #19
Me too. I'm thrilled about the vaccine, but variants are still breeding out there. lagomorph777 Jun 2021 #45
At what point will you return to life as it was in 2019? SoonerPride Jun 2021 #2
I don't know. DemocraticPatriot Jun 2021 #3
I intend to wear masks during flu season as they do in Japan SoonerPride Jun 2021 #7
Do you know your risk of getting ill from delta variant? elias7 Jun 2021 #36
My risk from delta variant is minuscule SoonerPride Jun 2021 #39
Lol! Nt USALiberal Jun 2021 #43
Aren't you worried that your immune system will get soft and 'out of practice'? Calculating Jun 2021 #20
No, I am not worried about that. DemocraticPatriot Jun 2021 #32
I am not taking my mask off either. LisaL Jun 2021 #4
You mean when a taint fungus was squatting in the WH? Hugin Jun 2021 #29
we don't know Skittles Jun 2021 #30
The vaccine is the solution to keep from catching it. Throck Jun 2021 #5
If you want it to protect you, there are N95 masks. LisaL Jun 2021 #6
I'm Back To Wearing The Vented N95 Masks I Bought Last Year SoCalDavidS Jun 2021 #12
The valved kind? LisaL Jun 2021 #13
Yeah, The Valved Kind SoCalDavidS Jun 2021 #16
Masks are cheap now, if one wants to stock up. LisaL Jun 2021 #17
Always bunk: "The mask is the solution to prevent giving it. Bobstandard Jun 2021 #22
I use N95 masks, DemocraticPatriot Jun 2021 #33
Same here! SheltieLover Jun 2021 #37
The vax is not 100% inoculation, one can still get cv19 if vaxed uponit7771 Jun 2021 #42
Good for you. obnoxiousdrunk Jun 2021 #8
Same. n/t TDale313 Jun 2021 #9
I cared for pts with covid, horrid death, you die alone & got covid myself from this. Wear the mask Murphyb849 Jun 2021 #10
Me, too. Laffy Kat Jun 2021 #11
I was the only one in a mask in a store today. LisaL Jun 2021 #15
Here in nj NJCher Jun 2021 #28
Same for me, Laffy SheltieLover Jun 2021 #38
Mine is going back on since.vaccine is only 78% against Delta JCMach1 Jun 2021 #14
I'm still masking indoors too, and don't see that changing anytime soon. Crunchy Frog Jun 2021 #18
Me? Not so much. But sometimes. GulfCoast66 Jun 2021 #21
"If you are fully vaccinated you have a tiny chance wnylib Jun 2021 #24
I don't disagree. But that's just part of the story. And narrative GulfCoast66 Jun 2021 #27
As someone over 65 with comorbidities, wnylib Jun 2021 #35
Yawn, pretty much tired of both antimaskers and the mask obsessed at this point. Jon King Jun 2021 #23
I'm with you. I wear a mask indoors so others can feel comfortable, but that's it really. Lucky Luciano Jun 2021 #25
Not sure why some can be so cavalier about a virus which has killed DemocraticPatriot Jun 2021 #34
The vaccine was our solution to return to living SoonerPride Jun 2021 #40
Science is very clear that vaccines are not 100 % effective. LisaL Jun 2021 #41
Staying locked up in your own house is 100% effective MichMan Jun 2021 #44
Yes, it's either staying locked in your home or LisaL Jun 2021 #46
If the criteria is 100% effectiveness , there actually is no middle ground MichMan Jun 2021 #47
Not having an option of staying locked up in the house, I plan to go for 99% effectiveness. LisaL Jun 2021 #48
Couldn't agree more; stopped wearing one weeks ago MichMan Jun 2021 #49
"Yawn", thousands dead and your bored?? Classy! Nt USALiberal Jun 2021 #51
Same here at our fully vaccinated home Zeitghost Jun 2021 #53
Because they want the pandemic to continue BannonsLiver Jun 2021 #54
Fully vaxxed myself.. Postal Grunt Jun 2021 #26
Good job! roamer65 Jun 2021 #31
this llashram Jun 2021 #50
I have quit wearing masks in any uncrowded situation. lark Jun 2021 #52
I totally agree. I do the same thing and I find some of responses in this thread ---well, Atticus Jun 2021 #55
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