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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I saw an epidemiologist say that the course of the pandemic will be determined now by human behavior. All the people who won't wear masks or get vaccinated are prolonging it for the rest of us.

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Exactly.  And maybe at one point we could have envisioned getting rid of masks if vaccination rates head increased quickly. However, enough people refused to get the vaccine and the virus mutated.  That means we end up having to wear masks for longer.[/quote]

For longer?!? When?

We have one of the highest vaccination rates in the country. Much if the world isn’t vaccinated.

Offramps are coming soon. The doomers don’t want to define an offramp because they know it will be unacceptable to the vast majority of the public, unless it is achievable in the next few months. So they’re trying as long as possible to keep from defining one.

Once that vaccine for 5-11 year olds comes out, the political and public pressure is going to be intense for offramps, especially with an election in 2022[/quote]

NOPE. Won't happen. Because the majority of us aren't mentally ill.  You and those of your ilk are.  The rest of us are calm and cool, following directions set by Dr. Fauci.  When he says masks off then I'll do it.  When you say it, I roll my eyes at the mentally ill person trying to act like he isn't ... insane.[/quote]

We are (slowly) getting there.

[b]Let's get kids vaccinated and wait for local transmission levels to drop to blue. Probably spring at this point. Thanks to non-vaxxers. [/b]
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+2  Unfortunately the anti-vaxxers and non-maskers are slowing down our recovery.  [/quote]

I’m fully vaxxed (as is DH) and our kids will get the vax. We have been masking too. So we aren’t antivaxxers nor are we anti-mask. But we are tired of the end goal being very nebulous. First it was flatten the curve. Then until we have vaccines. Then until we get though the Delta peak. Then just until kids can be vaccinated. Now people are saying we need “low community transmission” which is insane because who the hell cares about transmission. It was supposed to be about preventing hospitalizations and deaths, which we by and large have been for the vaccinated community at least. A bunch of unvaxxed people dying or getting put on ventilators is not moving me to continue masking my children at school with no ending in sight. And there are a lot more of us than you realize who are pro-science, pro-vaccine, and ready to move on. At some point all these precautions aren’t worth it to avoid getting a bad cold that isn’t ever going away. All you “just a little bit longer” folks have turned being “COVID conscious” into your identity and you have no idea how to drop it, but that isn’t my issue. We will soon accept COVID the way we accept all other risks in life.[/quote]

Go back and read your post.  You're mad because there is an ebb and flow to the nature of the virus.  You sound like you're two, not the parent of kids.  Grow up and face the fact that this is new territory and every time one component changes, another changes in reaction.  It is a chain.

[b]So get control of your anxiety.  See a mental health professional.  Learn to deal with the fact that the world is not dealing in absolutes right now.  Learn how to soothe yourself from your self-made anxieties.  Learn how to flex.[/b]

This really isn't that hard.  Get your mental health in order and then come back and post.  Until then take yourself off of DCUM because you're only embarrassing yourself.[/quote]

I will add that the world was NEVER in absolutes.  We felt like we were in control because we were in a country that was doing well post WW11, we had lots of earning power and our devices gave us more choices than ever in our lives.  We were raised to "be anything we want to be" and earn gold stars, but despite all that the world was still NEVER in our control and NEVER in absolutes.  It was a mirage. Our culture allowed us to think we have way more control over things than we do.  This is nature fighting back. We are not in control, there are no givens.  Grow up and be grateful for what you do have.[/quote]

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