Masking off-ramp coming soon?

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Anonymous wrote:It's just not that big a deal to wear a mask. I can't believe how overdramatic people are about it. It's not that big of an inconvenience. I wear one at work, my son wears one at school, he often forgets he even has it on and forgets to take it off when he gets home.

I disagree. So where does that leave us? You can feel free to wear yours, or even up it to an N95. I should be free to not wear mine.

DP. I completely disagree with you. You have a responsibility to be a positive member of society. If Dr. Fauci says that you need to wear a mask then you need to wear a mask. Your desire to do what you want does not mean that you do whatever you want. This really isn't that hard. Try, for once, to think of the public good before you try to satisfy your own irrational need.

I disagree with the bolded. From where does this responsibility come?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just read that about 8% of kids in our area age 5-11 now have their first dose. We are a long way off from a high percentage of kids being fully vaccinated against COVID. The reality is masks will still be around in schools for a while longer, at least where school boards rightly prioritize student health and safety.

8% in one week doesn’t seem bad. That probably doesn’t even count this weekend. Students in my school were coming in late and leaving early left and right last week for the vaccine. From what the students have said I’d bet at least half of my class has dose one done.

It will be interesting to see how this goes over the next few weeks.

I agree it’s not bad, but the vaccination campaign is going to take time and effort. I’m guessing things will plateau and there will be holdouts due to hesitancy, some that could be persuaded and some that won’t budge. Also, here’s the article for those that are curious.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/wtop.com/local/2021/11/dc-area-sees-at-least-8-of-children-5-to-11-vaccinated/amp/

[Anonymous]

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It's just not that big a deal to wear a mask. I can't believe how overdramatic people are about it. It's not that big of an inconvenience. I wear one at work, my son wears one at school, he often forgets he even has it on and forgets to take it off when he gets home.


I disagree. So where does that leave us? You can feel free to wear yours, or even up it to an N95. I should be free to not wear mine.


DP. I completely disagree with you. You have a responsibility to be a positive member of society. If Dr. Fauci says that you need to wear a mask then you need to wear a mask. Your desire to do what you want does not mean that you do whatever you want. This really isn't that hard. Try, for once, to think of the public good before you try to satisfy your own irrational need.


I disagree with the bolded. From where does this responsibility come?

This is the crux of the problem - something like a 3rd of the country no longer believes in or even understands the concept of public good.

For the poster - here's the thing - that responsibility comes from belonging to society. If no one has any responsibility to anyone else then we don't have a society. We don't have laws. We just become the wild west. And as much as the wild west has been glorified in american culture, living in a world without rules where anyone can hurt anyone else just cause they want to sucked for pretty much everyone involved.

What if your neighbor wants to have a firepit along your property line. They don't want to put out the embers - its late, so they just don't - and it causes your house to burn down. What if I want to drive home after having a few drinks and hit and kill someone. There are a million ways that a person can harm another just by not doing something. And there are a million rules that we implement as a society to keep the most people as safe as possible. Once those rules start to breakdown - which they definitely are in America - we are all at risk. So to the person above who disagreed with the entire concept of shared responsibility - let me just say without it - I can kill you and without it you can kill me. Maybe you will be lucky or maybe I will. Maybe the person you love most in the world will die instead. At the end of they day - we all suffer.

Regarding masks - just because you don't personally know if you killed someone by not wearing one - doesn't mean you didn't. And it doesn't mean that someone won't kill you the next time there is some disease about.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
It's just not that big a deal to wear a mask. I can't believe how overdramatic people are about it. It's not that big of an inconvenience. I wear one at work, my son wears one at school, he often forgets he even has it on and forgets to take it off when he gets home.


I disagree. So where does that leave us? You can feel free to wear yours, or even up it to an N95. I should be free to not wear mine.


DP. I completely disagree with you. You have a responsibility to be a positive member of society. If Dr. Fauci says that you need to wear a mask then you need to wear a mask. Your desire to do what you want does not mean that you do whatever you want. This really isn't that hard. Try, for once, to think of the public good before you try to satisfy your own irrational need.


I disagree with the bolded. From where does this responsibility come?

This is the crux of the problem - something like a 3rd of the country no longer believes in or even understands the concept of public good.

For the poster - here's the thing - that responsibility comes from belonging to society. If no one has any responsibility to anyone else then we don't have a society. We don't have laws. We just become the wild west. And as much as the wild west has been glorified in american culture, living in a world without rules where anyone can hurt anyone else just cause they want to sucked for pretty much everyone involved.

What if your neighbor wants to have a firepit along your property line. They don't want to put out the embers - its late, so they just don't - and it causes your house to burn down. What if I want to drive home after having a few drinks and hit and kill someone. There are a million ways that a person can harm another just by not doing something. And there are a million rules that we implement as a society to keep the most people as safe as possible. Once those rules start to breakdown - which they definitely are in America - we are all at risk. So to the person above who disagreed with the entire concept of shared responsibility - let me just say without it - I can kill you and without it you can kill me. Maybe you will be lucky or maybe I will. Maybe the person you love most in the world will die instead. At the end of they day - we all suffer.

Regarding masks - just because you don't personally know if you killed someone by not wearing one - doesn't mean you didn't. And it doesn't mean that someone won't kill you the next time there is some disease about.

There is no law to wear a mask. That ended in May.