Our VA govern won't give the stronghold they have over their people.

With more than 328 million people living in the US, there will always be an example of someone who has an atypical reaction to something. Based on the statistics provided by the CDC. Your son’s friend was truly an anomaly. I never said that it was impossible, just very highly improbable...

3 days ago the CDC said that we must see a rate of 10,000 cases per day to reach a point at which we can remove masks. Yesterday they said we can remove our masks indoors and out.

The rate is currently 30,000 (rolling average) per day. I wonder which politician changed their mind?

BTW - I am glad they finally made this recommendation. I haven't worn a mask outdoors for months. I just am amazed at how the "science" can change overnight and I usually look at the current political climate to determine the cause.

And if they do the studies, are they done properly? Many are not.

And you have every right to do what you think is best for you. And I’m sure you would not expect me to have to wear a mask if I fell safe after being vaccinated.

Well .... if we are vaccinated there is a 0.03% chance we can still catch it and get symptoms (israeli study of vaccinated people). That's infinitesimal. If a non-vaccinated person gets the virus and gets really sick from it then that's their choice at this point. So I think this is very good news across the board.

Yep, and the chance of a fatality is so small that you'd have a better chance of winning the Powerball, being struck by lightning and getting a hole in one all on the same day.

Lets try 8 years ago.

yeah, they were getting pretty good at spreading it by that time...they'd had some practice already

Thank you for telling us that. Your title was a tiny bit condescending and most of us did get this information.

Our family is fully vaccinated. All of us; those in Ohio, New York and U.K. I am so relieved about that.

I think the old saying is true; "You can learn to hang if you hang long enough". lol....I had adapted, but I must say it is good to know that the CDC feels it is o.k. not to wear our masks.

I will still find a slight tug of guilt going bare faced. I am sure the non-vaxxers and others will find something to type that will push up my blood pressure. I am tired of people assuming that the predominant type of voter in The Villages is anti-science, anti-vaccine. There is all kinds of mis-information out there.

I am glad to have some reason to be hopeful that the worst of this has passed. Our family lost two friends in Ohio and one of our neighbors to Covid-19.

I hope that this is the beginning of the end of the worst part of the pandemic here in The U.S. We stand ready to get the boosters and wish all reading this good health.

As the report says " For somebody who's already been fully vaccinated, they can wear the mask out of solidarity or in a symbolic sense, but their wearing a mask is not benefiting anyone "

Those theys. :ohdear:
They blame them for everything!

In the same breath they say, “Masks are no substitute for social distancing!”
Yet, planes are crammed shoulder to shoulder!
It’s not difficult to find the enemies among us!

I'm taking a wild guess here, but I'll bet your parents had you take the polio vaccine.....and you can thank them and the scientists for that. But then vaccines weren't irrationally political.

We really shouldn't care about who did or didn't get the vaccine. If you did, and feel that it was worthwhile for yourself and others, then congratulations. You did what you thought best. If you didn't get vaccinated and are comfortable with it, and don't believe that you are at risk, then congratulations to you also. You acted according to your conscience, and did what you think best.
That should be the end of the story.
BUT.....
Listening to the CDC (medical field), they tell you only what information is allowed to be released by the "authorities" who have ulterior motives ,,,(political or financial or social) and want to further their agendas. And the media has a great stake in all this. Get the public's attention by exciting them or scaring them, and keep at it so that it becomes their main focus, and make them ignore what's really happening.

We shouldn't be arguing amongst ourselves about masks or vaccinations.
WE SHOULD BE DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT HOW WE ARE BEING MANIPULATED.
And that's the end of the story.