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lighter:
DD18 feels the same about wearing masks, tupp. She feels safer, less vulnerable...... she's OK with wearing them without end.
Lighter
Twoapenny:
--- Quote from: lighter on June 06, 2021, 01:19:42 PM ---DD18 feels the same about wearing masks, tupp. She feels safer, less vulnerable...... she's OK with wearing them without end.
Lighter
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I've definitely preferred it, Lighter, even regardless of infection risk - I've just not been hassled as much when I'm out? Definitely prefer it.
Son had his second jab today, very relieved and the clinic is at the beach so we had an ice cream afterwards and went for a walk. He seems fine, no sign of a reaction yet. The medical experts are concerned that we're already in a third wave; the Delta variant is more infectious it seems and numbers are climbing quickly. There are concerns that protection from the Delta variant is far less effective three months after inoculation - which could mean all the vulnerable people becoming more vulnerable again. There's nothing to do but wait and see but I really would like to see an end to it all now.
Twoapenny:
The blooming virus :( Case numbers are rising quickly, the number in hospital is going up, the death rate is rising. Still nowhere near the numbers it was earlier in the year but given that we are still officially locked down at the minute it feels like this is all going the wrong way. As far as I know all front line workers and vulnerable adults have had both jabs now so whether hospital numbers are all people who've not had the jab yet (presumably younger?) or whether these are the numbers you'll see in hospital even with vaccinations I don't know. I really wish it would go away though, it still feels like comparative safety is a long way off x
lighter:
You're safe, ((Tupp.))
You've kept yourself and DS safe through the worst of this. You know how.
When things open back up, when the numbers are down you'll have a better idea about what you want from the world. I have every confidence you'll speak up and ask for more.
Lighter
Hopalong:
I'm glad you're so rational and remaining very cautious, Tupp. It will blow through but the Delta variant is a new, dangerous wrinkle. Doesn't call for anything different behaviorally than the first Covid-19 did, but will as usual mean a population is variable in how quickly they comprehend it and pivot back.
Our famous Dr. Fauci did an interview about this variant on PBS yesterday, and he contrasted where the U.S. is as compared to the U.K. You're in a worse position right now, because the Delta variant (much more contagious and destructive) is something like 80% of new infections there at the moment, as opposed to about 10% here. (The latter will ramp up quickly, I'm sure.)
I think we in the U.S. may have a fairly-golden, fairly-free summer, but when the Delta variant begins to rip through the unvaccinated, there'll be a lot more and more serious cases coming. Maybe it'll be a slow roll over another whole year, or maybe a fast steep surge. Either way, I'm glad we all know how to hunker down if we have to fully quarantine again.
I'm already pondering booster shots, and hoping those are scheduled out SOON. (Some predicted they'd be needed in anywhere from 3 to six months, but I doubt they can coordinate it all that fast.) The Pfizer is about 95% protective against original Covid-19, but against the Delta variant, that drops to high-80%s. As of now they just say, it works against the variants and you're safe. But to me a number is a number and as Delta comes on, I'm not going to dance around assuming it's total armor.
The spanner in the works is that although they're tracking and evaluating data as fast as they can (heroically, imo), our scientists can't make steel promises. And we'd be silly to demand them. I've just simplified it to:
--I'll continue masking indoors in public (for others' sake if not my own)
--I'll go maskless outdoors in public unless it's a crowded space
--I'll continue to avoid uncessary shopping and pass on indoor restaurants
I'm sure enjoying this current relief from the fear here and hope the variant won't be derailing everything back to starting position. But we know what we're dealing with now, an aerosolized respiratory threat. It'll be not easy but simpler to do another round of cautions if we need to.
Would be nice if all citizens felt motivated to come together with science but given the divisions, we have gone farther than I'd dared to hope. I really hope it evens out ASAP in the U.K., too.
hugs
Hops
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