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[spike021]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Am I the only one that still wears a COVID face mask when I go out in public?



(double jabbed and double boosted)

I still wear it in places like the grocery store since people always have to shove their faces next to mine while looking at one thing or another in the aisles.

But outdoors I never do. As long as there's ventilation or a breeze i don't think it's necessary.

[Capt Spaulding]

Originally Posted by spike021

I still wear it in places like the grocery store since people always have to shove their faces next to mine while looking at one thing or another in the aisles.

But outdoors I never do. As long as there's ventilation or a breeze i don't think it's necessary.

Living is an exercise in applied probability. Wearing a mask, getting vaccinated - have the effect of reducing the likelihood you'll catch the disease and vaccines further reduce probability you'll get seriously ill if you catch it.

However, like many statistical models, much of what happens is the result of unmeasured, possibly unmeasurable, variables. For those familiar with linear regression and its relations, the devil is in the error term. The normal distribution has tails and unlikely shit can, and will, happen.

[Ultramaroon]

fuck it

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Am I the only one that still wears a COVID face mask when I go out in public?



(double jabbed and double boosted)

i don't, but keep them on the work truck, and personal vehicles. if i were to be somewhere that asked for me to wear it, i'd wear it without complaint. i fully expect that we're going to be back to full quarantine this coming winter

i'm just double-jabbed, never went back for the booster. thought about it, just never did...

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by soundman98

i don't, but keep them on the work truck, and personal vehicles. if i were to be somewhere that asked for me to wear it, i'd wear it without complaint. i fully expect that we're going to be back to full quarantine this coming winter

i'm just double-jabbed, never went back for the booster. thought about it, just never did...

Ya might wanna consider getting that booster thing -

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by spike021

I think there's also people here who think that if you're still wearing a mask it's because you're unvaccinated and being "nice" about it.

I've gotten dirty looks before from wearing one lol.

Well, no wonder -

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

fuck it

You off your meds - again?

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by humfrz

You off your meds - again?

They're trying to control me but I have them fooled. I feed the pills to my cat.

[gen3v8]

Yeah fuck it

[wbradley]

Ultramaroon, that is an awesome avatar!

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by wbradley

Ultramaroon, that is an awesome avatar!

Thanks!

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Ya might wanna consider getting that booster thing -

i have considered it, just not sure i really care enough either way.

[86TOYO2k17]

Originally Posted by soundman98

i have considered it, just not sure i really care enough either way.

After all your posts... you don't have the booster...?

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by 86TOYO2k17

After all your posts... you don't have the booster...?

i was/am for the vaccine. i got the vaccine. i did my research, i got the 2-shot moderna over the single-shot because studies indicated a higher effectiveness with it.

the booster is a bit like the yearly flu shot. i understand it's merits, but at the same time, the virus has mutated past it's origin in a million different ways. the booster might effect half those, while it mutates another million ways in teh time span it takes for them to come up with another booster...

there's a lot of people that have gotten the flu shot based on the experts recommendations, only to get a different variation of the flu.

if you re-read my posts, i've never gone on much about the boosters...

i don't normally get a flu shot. but i also don't normally get the flu. at this point, i'm treating covid much in the same way. if another vaccine comes out that covers the next big strain of covid, i'm willing to get it, but these boosters are getting a little out of hand IMO...

i know my thinking goes against the US vs. THEM mentality, but all i've really ever asked/wanted is everyone to do the bare minimum-- getting the vaccine the first time around.

but honestly now, i'm not really sure it matters so much anymore. the chance to eradicate this was in the first wave. now we're dealing with all sorts of mutations, and no single vaccine covers all of it anymore, and i'm not really convinced the boosters can cover all the variants anymore either. we chose our path, we're all gonna die.