Ayla
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Nope. I went in March and September of last year and have a trip booked for May of this year.
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correcaminos
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Nope. Have DVC points to use. Went 2x last year. Have 3 trips sorta planned this year.
Just a friendly reminder that we still have more active Covid cases then anytime during this pandemic save for the peak we are downtrending from. The states dropping requirements in another 1-2 weeks are ahead of the national pace and experiencing dramatically lower Covid numbers. Give it time, there is no reason currently to expect any change in trajectory in the short to medium term. We will be at low levels before Easter.
Andrew C
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Yes. But with a much less severe variant.
TrainsOfDisney
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And with many people either vacinnated or with some immunity from prior infections.
DisneyCane
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I do live in the south. To put into perspective how much it bothers me to breathe through a mask, I was skiing in Vail last week. On two of the days, at the top of the mountain the high was 8° and started in the negatives. At one point before she added more hand warmers after 15 minutes indoors to warm up, my wife's fingers were turning purple (after less than an hour skiing)
Most of the time I preferred to have my face be frigid rather than cover my nose and mouth with my neck warmer. It was just too annoying to breath through.
If it works for you and keeps you warm and comfortable then I'm glad something positive comes out of it! For me, it is very uncomfortable to breath through a mask of any kind.
danlb_2000
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... and it is a way of dying that didn't exist is 2019. Covid reduced life expectancy, so in 2020, on average, people weren't going to live as long as they did in 2019.
Kevin_W
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I have actually found a KN95 mask to be warmer than any gator/balaclava that I own!
With limited cleaning in hotel rooms by housekeeping I'd be smelling the dust, dirt and mildew built up if not wearing a mask.
Homer fan
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Because humans aren’t meant to have a face covering over our mouth’s
correcaminos
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I haven't found legit KN95 in my size so only using a cloth mask on top of surgical. The cloth ones are triple layered and fantastic. No messing around with scarves and I agree warmer than a balaclava I have. More comfortable too
I get people think they aren't comfortable but I'm a bit over the breathing part. If my choir can sing with 3+ layer masks. Or if the hockey players can play with KN95, you can breathe just fine. Sorry but that's an argument I am so tired of hearing.
Finding them uncomfortable is different though. They absolutely hurt my scar tissue on my ears and being small faced, my options are limited. I get comfort aspects. Which is why winter is better for me with hats. Summer time I hate them for comfort, but not breathability.
As a Midwestern gal who gets negatives to 100 (so wear masks here in a lot of ranges) I cannot see how anyone finds bare face in winter in negatives easy to breath. There's a reason why we call it snot freezing cold.
LittleBuford
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N95s and KN95s are actually pretty effective at preventing transmission.
That's legit. I can accept that this is your decision. It has consequences, but nothing wrong with accepting those consequences.
What I'm less willing to accept is forcing those consequences on everyone else.
Which effectively means, in situations where spread is high, vaccination status is unknown, and even a little reduction created by masks can have a large impact. Just opt out of those. Don't force everyone else to settle for the even lower reduction provided by only some masking instead of everyone.
Want to have less of those, get more people vaccinated and boosted. Especially boosted, it's more clear every day that the booster isn't some optional thing but just part of the vaccine schedule.
Which is back to what I posted earlier. Everyone who is tired of all the only slight reduction mitigation items (masks, distance, capacity, whatever), all of them should be demanding vaccine mandates. That's the fastest way to eliminate the need for anything else.
danlb_2000
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How did you come to the conclusion that cases counts wouldn't have been even higher without masks?
danlb_2000
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TehPuddingMan
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Worst argument ever……
correcaminos
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Just shared this earlier. Exactly my point. Shoot even my aunt was masking for a lot of her end days and her lung capacity was reduced and her O2 levels were always low on a good day and yet she still could breathe.
DisneyCane
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It's not really an argument. It's a statement. I didn't say I had "difficulty" breathing, I said I had "discomfort" breathing. I don't like the feeling. It might not bother you but it bothers me.
I don't like the taste of most seafood and you might love it. Neither of us would be wrong but we have different likes and dislikes. We wouldn't be arguing over seafood, we'd just each be expressing our personal preference.
DisneyCane
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Being able to do something doesn't mean it is comfortable to do it. I can sit with a 100 lb weight on my lap while I work on my laptop, that doesn't mean I wish to do that.
Homer fan
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Because literally everyone I know got Omicron (except me and my family)! The masks couldn’t stop it, that is clear.
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