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Originally Posted by blueash
I completely agree with this post. Masks are not encouraged to be worn to protect the wearer, they are encouraged to prevent spread to others should you be infectious. But understanding that masks, as GE wrote, ARE EFFECTIVE for preventing one infectious person from spreading COVID to many "unvaccinated" people indoors when not socially distanced.. It behooves him and us to consider whether Delta changes the equation.
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I would agree if vaccines were not widely available but since they are available and have been proven safe and effective, I disagree with being held hostage by the irresponsible. Are we to wear masks forever while one excuse after another is used to avoid being vaccinated?
The last statistics I saw showed that well over 90% of hospitalizations and deaths were unvaccinated individuals. The current surge and current crisis would have been avoided if 100M or so Americans had done the responsible thing and gone for their vaccination. I disagree with mandates and "vaccine passports" but something needs to be done. We can't go on making demands of those who have acted responsibly to solve a problem caused by those who have acted irresponsibly.
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