For now with no vaccine passports, people like me who have the CDC card that proves I have gotten the two Moderna shots will show them as proof if WDW and other places require them. I know upon arrival in Hawaii at the airport, one shows the CDC card to airport officials and the person does not need to do the mandatory quarantine when arriving in HI.
Over time a great deal of harm. The reason we kick the flu most of the time is built up immune responses. It important that we do get mild sickness occasionally. See kids who go to daycare versus those that don’t. Once kindergarten hits the one that has been in daycare is there all year. The kid who hasn’t been exposed is out like 5 weeks
It's only been a year, which is hardly enough time for someone to "grow up with Covid" and "only know" social distancing.
Preschool kids yes or maybe. But hardly a whole generation.
Is that a rhetorical question? If you are only referring to the masking part you can make some sort of an argument. If you are talking about social distancing then there is enormous harm to the economy and lifestyles.
The masking part has much more then a “ sort of a argument “. You only have to look at the numbers of many Asian countries where a lot of the population masks up everyday for their own reasons. The numbers are stark compared to ours. With that said, the US and the people here will not do it. Although I’ve heard from many, my parents who are 80 and 79, and who have had both doses already have told me that they will wear masks still in stores and restaurants and don’t care what people think. So there will be people that do it.
I didn't say "we can be normal in a few weeks." I said there would be loosening of restrictions IF the trend continues. Although I responded to the post with the article about masks, it was meant as a general reply to your general narrative essentially arguing that the vaccines aren't good enough and your friend at the CDC sees the situation in a very negative light and we are in for significantly more time of all kinds of restrictions.
I probably should have used 3/31 to illustrate the same time period from yesterday as it had been for the 73% decline from the peak until yesterday. As far as WDW, it depends on the rate of vaccinations and the combined effect of vaccinations with the natural decline in cases that has been happening.
Not sure about everyone else, but I'm not sitting around waiting for anti-vaxxers to be coaxed into vaccinating. Once it's available to everyone who wants one, I'm done. At that point it should be up to them to protect themselves.
100% with you on this one. We wear masks and socially distance because it’s our only option now. Once the vaccine is readily available to everyone, it’s not longer our only option.
And for anyone who says that’s not good enough, it’s been shown masks are only 76-78% successful at stopping transmission.
So I have heard Asian countries and masking mentioned a lot and I think there is some misunderstanding here. As someone who has spent a decent amount of time in east Asia and a variety of nations there, it’s important to note that even during the winter it’s probably only 1-3% of the population that masks up. Often it’s those who are sick who wear the mask. Not those who are healthy. This misconception that they are masking up all the time just isn’t true.
Never said they were masking up all the time or the majority wore them. My point was they are more worn in Asia then anywhere else in the world, especially the US. There numbers for flu death rates per capita far exceed us.. the deaths from Covid per capita are lower then us, just meant that it means something. Again, this country would never do it but masks work in prevention of this stuff. I just read 3 articles on it after your post.
Don't care! Here in the U.S.A. since masks have proven of value in reducing spread it is recommended people wear them.
