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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our teenager continues to wear a mask. Our tween does not. We let each of them decide. Yesterday, we went to a public event where masks were optional. It was not crowded, but at least 75% of people (adults and kids) were wearing masks. It definitely felt socially awkward being one of only a few people not wearing a mask, even though the CDC suggests it's safe. Among our family, only the teen was wearing a mask, although I insisted on it when we went into a small enclosed area with other people.

[b]We're going back to the same event today, and I'm considering insisting on masks for the family because I just read an article today saying that the B.2 variant had been spotted in the U.S., and it's more contagious than omicron. [/b]MoCo case counts are currently about 34/100k, which is still only moderate transmission (and I know that's under the old CDC system), but the cases would lag up to 2 weeks from infection dates. Site, it may be shutting the barn door after the horse escaped, since we were there yesterday, but I think I'd feel better. [/quote]

So you’ll probably catch it then.  Why spend months of your life masked up…you’re likely to catch it anyway.  [b]It will likely be a cold.[/b]  [/quote]

This is misinformation. Not everyone who got Covid got a cold. For my family, it was more like a bad flu, with fever, chest congestion, and gastrointestinal discomfort - diarrhea and vomiting. And while we’re grateful for the vaccine and it certainly could have been worse (ie we did not have to get hospitalized) it took me a full two weeks to feel 75% and now two months later I’m still struggling with certain activity. DH didn’t get back his sense of smell for a month. My kids were out of school for two weeks.

I know I got Covid at an event where lots of people, my family included, were not masked. Lesson learned. Masking is painless and easy. I’d rather mask indefinitely than have to experience illness like that anytime soon, in addition to my young kids out of school for two weeks.[/quote]

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