Except there are many of us who don’t fall into the shape of your MAGA caricature. We dutifully wore our masks when mandated, and got our vaccines when they became available. You need to give up the Trump card, seriously. |
Maybe, if people were wearing N95 masks or the like, and wearing them consistently and properly, that would have made a meaningful difference. But some thin cotton mask worn under your nose? Yeah, that was always theater. And getting the general public to consistently wear effective masks is a pipe dream. We might as well drop masks completely, rather than continuing to fight over this meaningless measure. |
Yes, that has really made the last 2 years so surreal. We are now living in a choose-your-own-facts/medicine/science adventure. |
I think we are approaching the point of no longer masking but we are not there yet. I lived according to CDC recommendations and not what a Politician was saying. So since we are so close why give up short of the finish line? If you wore your mask and lived by the guidelines terrific. If you lived by “your own research” whining about masks for the past two years then I’m sorry but the shoe likely fits. |
+1 They won't, though. They're hanging on to their Trump card (nice one, btw) and MAGA caricatures for dear life because it's all they have in the face of Biden's failures and Covid becoming endemic. Life will go back to normal, but they simply can't bear the thought of losing whatever power they think they have over the rest of us. |
All of YOUR stereotypes and assumptions are obvious and on-point while anyone who disagrees with you is a stupid Democrat. Sounds pretty much like I would expect from any MAGA cult member. |
Youngkin and other Republicans are attacking masks and public safety measures for no genuinely good reason other than politics. Fine if you don't want to hear it tied to MAGA or Trumpism but what you cannot do is claim public health measures haven't been assaulted, undermined and politicized by the right wing in completely new and unprecedented ways. |
And for people on the left, it has nothing to do with science or public health, either. For you, a mask is just a symbol to your fellow travelers about how virtuous you are. It’s no different than a MAGA hat. |
Bingo. |
No, sorry. I reject your assertions. Youngkin has not attacked public safety measures in any way. He has encouraged everyone to get vaccinated - repeatedly. What he is not going to do is MANDATE the wearing of masks (or vaccines). But by all means, continue to mask up indefinitely. Just don't try and order others to do the same. |
So this is Youngkin on vaccines: "Drinking and driving is bad. But you can if you want to, you should never order anyone to not do that" "Driving 100mph on public streets, running stop signs and red lights is bad. But you can if you want to, you should never order anyone to not do that." |
Looks like Youngkin’s approval rating on covid isn’t so great right now.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/591805-youngkin-underwater-on-handling-of-coronavirus-in-virginia-public-policy?amp |
At this stage Youngkin has every right not to wear a mask while the bellowing shopper has every right to wear a mask. |
DP I find this all fascinating. Dems don’t actually think that we should “mask forever” and masks will definitely come off again soon… surge is waning, immunity is high. Republicans here desperately want to be able to claim the return to normal as a win, so they’re creating this narrative that Dems are standing in the way. The reality is, things will go back to normal, just because that’s what happens with pandemics. I wear a mask whenever I see a sign asking me to. There are no local mandates but I respect the establishments I enter enough to comply. Because I’m not anti-social like you PP. yes we are all fellow travelers. It’s not virtue signaling to be patient, knowing that things will be normal again really soon. Remember how normal it was last summer? We’re almost there again. |
Sure but it makes him a giant douche not to when everyone around him is. Sociopath. |