Yada may well be although not sure about what specifically
Just don’t see what getting upset accomplishes..
If current trends continue in a few weeks people are going to loosen up
In Arlington we had eleven new cases yesterday and haven’t had deaths in weeks
Why get upset at people taking a little longer to adjust to things?
Its increasingly clear to me actually that people aren't going to loosen up. Literally had a text conversation w some friends yesterday who are wrapping up their vaccine schedule and suggested a socially distant get together in a few weeks. I replied, well if we're all vaccinated it doesn't;t have to be socially distant. You are correct that this pandemic has messed with peoples heads in a big way. I took what I considered reasonable precautions over the last 13 months but its also clear reasonable precautions are not enough for the "I need to reduce risk to zero" crowd.
I bike and run and walk all around DC - I used to do it with a mask but don't any more because I'm vaccinated. Theres no yelling or anything but theres lots of "mask theatre" when people see me approach either adjusting or pulling up their masks. Most of these people seem to be older, and by extension have been fully vaccinated - the only reason for anyone over 65 not to have been vaccinated in this country is a refusal to take the vaccine - and if they don't want to take a vaccine thats their problem not mine, and I shouldn't have to mask up because of it.
Even at the height of the pandemic the chances of two people passing each other on a hiking path transmitting COVID was tiny - now its infinitesimal - and yet the majority of people are still wearing masks outside. Its as anti-science as anti-maskers at the height of the pandemic to be honest.
