Post by Patsy Baloney on May 19, 2021 11:59:49 GMT -5
My kids can't be vaccinated yet, so yes. We'll wear them outdoors in crowded/busy situations and 100% indoors, unless visiting with relatives who are vaccinated.
I'm looking forward to the next vaccination age bracket opening in the fall.
Post by InBetweenDays on May 19, 2021 12:01:33 GMT -5
I'm hoping to no longer have to wear them outside. Whether I wear one indoors will depend on the store/establishment and how the numbers are in our area. I'd say I'll very likely wear them in crowded stores but maybe not ones that aren't busy.
H and I are fully vaccinated and our kids will be vaccinated by mid-june. We also have very high vaccination rates in our area. According to our county website our zip code is over 75% with one dose and the zip code next to us (literally across the street) is over 87% with one dose.
Inside businesses, absolutely. In close proximity with other people, of course. Outside with space, no. Around family & friends who are vaxxed, no. That's what my DS(5) is continuing to do so H and I are doing the same until he can be vaxxed too.
I definitely will not be wearing one outside in the Houston heat. Inside? I guess it will depend. If numbers stay low after this change then maybe I'll be more comfortable inside stores maskless when I'm by myself. I don't know. With DD I'll continue to wear a mask since she has to.
Yes. Not only is my son not vaccinated I just feel like the CDC has flip flopped on too many things where this is concerned. I'd trust it less under the last administration but I would not be shocked if in another month they were like, our bad.
ETA: I also don't hate masks and have enjoyed not being sick with other things so 🤷♀️.
I was I the park this weekend and it was really weird that no one was wearing masks. But I get it, we are outdoors, vaccination rates are high, community spread is low. But today, our grocery store announced masks are no longer mandatory. I am fully vaccinated but not wearing a mask indoors around non-vaccinated people is going to be really weird.
Our office discontinued mask mandates as of today for fully vaccinated individuals, and I'm happily dropping it. I work in the office full time, and most of our staff is fully vaccinated. We generally don't have clients in, so the people I'm exposed to are a small pool of mostly known vax status. I feel ok about it.
I have kids who are too young to vaccinate. When I go places with them, I'll mask to model the behavior, and because I'm requiring it of them.
When I'm in public without them, I guess case by case basis.
My state's mandate has just been lifted. I'm still masking indoors in public, and so are 99% of the other people I see shopping. My family is all fully vaccinated and we've gotten together a couple times indoors without masks, and so far so good.
As far as outdoors, we haven't worn masks on our dog walks for a while because we aren't usually anywhere near another human, but we've always carried them with us just in case and we'll continue to do that. But I got gas yesterday for the first time since the mandate was lifted, and even though it was obviously outdoors, there were enough people around that I chose to wear one.
Post by iheartbanjos on May 19, 2021 12:30:53 GMT -5
I’m in doctors offices for work all day and I don’t see the mask mandate getting dropped anytime soon there. I’m still wearing it while grocery shopping for now, as are most everyone in my area.
This is not going the way the CDC planned it. I also know people vaccinated and positive, so....
That said, outdoors I do not plan to mask. Stores will depend on if my child is with me or not. She already knows that she still has to mask and vaccinated people don't. But we have no way or knowing who is or is not.
Work dropped masks last Friday. The couple days I'm in, I don't plan to mask in the halls unless it's crowded (My building was used for events, who knows.)
I will not wear a mask for outside activities if it's not required. I did not wear them much outside last summer except maybe while in line for concessions at the beach or pool or something. As for stores, I'm going to continue to wear one, especially when I have DS with me, to model the behavior.
Post by RoxMonster on May 19, 2021 12:34:28 GMT -5
Outside - no unless required (our baseball stadium requires them except when eating and drinking for instance)
Inside - depends on the situation. If it’s a crowded business or place, then yes. If the business requires it - of course. If they don’t and not many people are there, probably not. Honestly I’ll probably bring a mask with me everywhere and kind of follow the vibe. For instance I don’t plan on wearing one to the outdoors farmers market this weekend, but if one of the vendors is wearing one and I will be close to them, I’ll pop mine on out of courtesy. They have no idea that I’m vaccinated.
I'm sure at some point I'll be comfortable not doing it, but I'm not there yet.
At the physical therapist's office everyone is still masked. Everyone I've seen at grocery stores are still masked too. So that's my current preference.
Ironically, I might start some personal training this summer and I really, really do not want to wear a mask when working out, so that might be my breaking point, but I have to work up to it.
I'm likely to go back into an office this fall and I'll need to take public transit, and I plan, at this point, to wear a mask.
We have a child who can't be vaccinated yet, and I'm regularly around my infant nephew (and his 11yo brother, who won't be eligible until November)- so we still mask as a family inside public places, and will avoid crowded outdoor situations. We're all pretty used to wearing masks, now, so it's not a burden.
I will wear a mask if a place requires it, otherwise no. I have an infant at home but I am still breastfeeding so she has antibodies from my vaccine. Everyone around me is vaccinated from family, coworkers...
Outside, no. Inside, yes. We’re fully vaccinated but our toddler isn’t so we will wear masks for her protection and in solidarity. I don’t see her being willing to wear a mask if we’re not. Then again, not sure we’ll be taking her inside many places at the risk of running into unvaccinated maskholes.
It depends. I don’t want people to assume I’m an asshole anti-masker so for appearance sake, I’ll probably keep it on. Also, I really like that I haven’t had so much as a cold in 18 months.
Post by revolution on May 19, 2021 12:52:17 GMT -5
currently my thoughts are:
outside - no
inside - maybe?? I went grocery shopping sunday and kept it on because it was weird to take it off. I take DD to practice and sit inside to watch and I am around people I know are vaxed, so I don't wear one. If my DS is with me anywhere we go, I do because he isn't vaxed yet since he is 9 and if I want him to wear one, I'm going to wear one with him.
Also, will follow the business policies when I am in a store.
My kids can't be vaccinated yet, so yes. We'll wear them outdoors in crowded/busy situations and 100% indoors, unless visiting with relatives who are vaccinated.
I'm looking forward to the next vaccination age bracket opening in the fall.
Indoors, yes. David got his first dose yesterday so in a matter of weeks we will all be vaccinated. We'll still mask. I will not mask outdoors unless it is very crowded.
Outside - no unless required (our baseball stadium requires them except when eating and drinking for instance)
Inside - depends on the situation. If it’s a crowded business or place, then yes. If the business requires it - of course. If they don’t and not many people are there, probably not. Honestly I’ll probably bring a mask with me everywhere and kind of follow the vibe. For instance I don’t plan on wearing one to the outdoors farmers market this weekend, but if one of the vendors is wearing one and I will be close to them, I’ll pop mine on out of courtesy. They have no idea that I’m vaccinated.
Ours literally changed their stance as of yesterday. They opened up more sales, so now your "pod" only has 3 feet between others instead of 6, vaccinated people don't have to wear masks and they highly encourage non-vaccinated to.
DH took DS and our friend & his son last night. They had last row bleacher seats and it barely looked like there was anyone else in their section (highly doubt there would have been a big turnout for a Cards/Pirates game on a rainy Tuesday night anyway). I told him it was ok for DS to have it down in the seats, but concessions or bathrooms, it better be up.