Montgomery- 5 more days and masks off.

[Anonymous]

I think the council members know most county residents support the masks and never stopped wearing them. The small but vocal antimasker group makes a lot of noise but doesn't have many votes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the council members know most county residents support the masks and never stopped wearing them. The small but vocal antimasker group makes a lot of noise but doesn't have many votes.

I agree with you. But that's why I was surprised they ever got rid of them in the first place.

They should acknowledge that all the back and forth (and almost back, but oh wait, we changed the rules, etc) is not a good look for the county. It does make them look pretty amateur.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the council members know most county residents support the masks and never stopped wearing them. The small but vocal antimasker group makes a lot of noise but doesn't have many votes.

I agree with you. But that's why I was surprised they ever got rid of them in the first place.

They should acknowledge that all the back and forth (and almost back, but oh wait, we changed the rules, etc) is not a good look for the county. It does make them look pretty amateur.

Totally amateur. They have consistently been too late in easing restrictions when that was appropriate and consistently too late in imposing restrictions when that was appropriate. Really, they need four days to reimpose a mask requirement that’s been suspended for less than two weeks? Even in their own buildings? This isn’t that hard.

[Anonymous]

Either you believe the vaccine works or not. Does MoCo believe that Covid stops at the full restaurants with all the unmasked diners or Full stadiums, weddings, packed bars, wtf? Are the hospitals in any sort of dire condition? It’s just nonsense. Heading over to NoVa to shop and eat. Not an antivaxer, not an antimasker. Just someone who believes in the vaccine and understands math and probabilities. Wear a mask if you want, no one is stopping you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Either you believe the vaccine works or not. Does MoCo believe that Covid stops at the full restaurants with all the unmasked diners or Full stadiums, weddings, packed bars, wtf? Are the hospitals in any sort of dire condition? It’s just nonsense. Heading over to NoVa to shop and eat. Not an antivaxer, not an antimasker. Just someone who believes in the vaccine and understands math and probabilities. Wear a mask if you want, no one is stopping you.

The vaccines work for what they were made for - to lessen the impact on covid for you if you were to catch it. They were never fully intended to stop you from getting covid. It was about reducing symptoms that might lead to death. You still need masks. Covid doesn't just stop existing because you are wishing it away. Covid doesn't stop existing because people choose not to believe they can catch it.

[Anonymous]

Eh, one of my friends just caught Covid after her two extremely effective Moderna shots in VA. The vaccine makes it less likely you will have a severe case and less likely you will be hospitalized, but you can still get Covid. She was stunned.

I would be fine if all antimaskers travel to Virginia to shop ans do whatever. Knock yourselves out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Either you believe the vaccine works or not. Does MoCo believe that Covid stops at the full restaurants with all the unmasked diners or Full stadiums, weddings, packed bars, wtf? Are the hospitals in any sort of dire condition? It’s just nonsense. Heading over to NoVa to shop and eat. Not an antivaxer, not an antimasker. Just someone who believes in the vaccine and understands math and probabilities. Wear a mask if you want, no one is stopping you.

The vaccines work for what they were made for - to lessen the impact on covid for you if you were to catch it. They were never fully intended to stop you from getting covid. It was about reducing symptoms that might lead to death. You still need masks. Covid doesn't just stop existing because you are wishing it away. Covid doesn't stop existing because people choose not to believe they can catch it.

Your statement means nothing. No vaccine is 100% preventable. That’s exactly why we get flu shots and any other communicable disease vaccines that are available. According to you, we should all wear masks 24x7 for the rest of our lives because vaccines only reduce the severity of symptoms. Very few diseases have been completely eradicated. Covid 19 will never be completely eradicated. Do you understand that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eh, one of my friends just caught Covid after her two extremely effective Moderna shots in VA. The vaccine makes it less likely you will have a severe case and less likely you will be hospitalized, but you can still get Covid. She was stunned.

I would be fine if all antimaskers travel to Virginia to shop ans do whatever. Knock yourselves out.

Wow! That’s amazing! I’m sure that’s the first time that’s ever happened! You know we are all likely to get it at some point. You just perfectly illustrated the very reason to get vaccinated. Apparently everyone in NoVa is an antimasker because very few are wearing masks indoors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eh, one of my friends just caught Covid after her two extremely effective Moderna shots in VA. The vaccine makes it less likely you will have a severe case and less likely you will be hospitalized, but you can still get Covid. She was stunned.

I would be fine if all antimaskers travel to Virginia to shop ans do whatever. Knock yourselves out.

The vaccine also makes it far less likely that you will get infected in the first place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eh, one of my friends just caught Covid after her two extremely effective Moderna shots in VA. The vaccine makes it less likely you will have a severe case and less likely you will be hospitalized, but you can still get Covid. She was stunned.

I would be fine if all antimaskers travel to Virginia to shop ans do whatever. Knock yourselves out.

The vaccine also makes it far less likely that you will get infected in the first place.

True. Except my friend spent five minutes inside with a person who later learned they were infected with Covid.

She went to work for several days, unmasked in VA, assuming she just had particularly bad allergies until her boss made her take a Covid test. It was positive and she had a mild case, but is still exhausted 2 months later.

I mean, it's less likely and less likely you will die or be hospitalized. So go for it: drive to VA and shop maskless. No one is stopping you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Eh, one of my friends just caught Covid after her two extremely effective Moderna shots in VA. The vaccine makes it less likely you will have a severe case and less likely you will be hospitalized, but you can still get Covid. She was stunned.

I would be fine if all antimaskers travel to Virginia to shop ans do whatever. Knock yourselves out.

I don't get why people are stunned when they get covid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eh, one of my friends just caught Covid after her two extremely effective Moderna shots in VA. The vaccine makes it less likely you will have a severe case and less likely you will be hospitalized, but you can still get Covid. She was stunned.

I would be fine if all antimaskers travel to Virginia to shop ans do whatever. Knock yourselves out.

The vaccine also makes it far less likely that you will get infected in the first place.

True. Except my friend spent five minutes inside with a person who later learned they were infected with Covid.

She went to work for several days, unmasked in VA, assuming she just had particularly bad allergies until her boss made her take a Covid test. It was positive and she had a mild case, but is still exhausted 2 months later.

I mean, it's less likely and less likely you will die or be hospitalized. So go for it: drive to VA and shop maskless. No one is stopping you.

MoCo doesn't have a mask mandate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eh, one of my friends just caught Covid after her two extremely effective Moderna shots in VA. The vaccine makes it less likely you will have a severe case and less likely you will be hospitalized, but you can still get Covid. She was stunned.

I would be fine if all antimaskers travel to Virginia to shop ans do whatever. Knock yourselves out.

I don't get why people are stunned when they get covid.

Me either. Surprised, I could understand. But stunned? In November 2021?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

MoCo doesn't have a mask mandate.

Montgomery County will likely have a mask mandate again soon.

Plus, really, almost everyone I see in stores is wearing a mask even without a mask mandate. Obviously there are exceptions, but the groups I see who are most likely to be without a mask are (1) white people (2) men (3) white people who are men.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

MoCo doesn't have a mask mandate.

Montgomery County will likely have a mask mandate again soon.

Plus, really, almost everyone I see in stores is wearing a mask even without a mask mandate. Obviously there are exceptions, but the groups I see who are most likely to be without a mask are (1) white people (2) men (3) white people who are men.

I live in Bethesda and only about 50% of the people in the stores are masking.