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Next Week

I see the CDC is now encouraging vaccinated people to go maskless and return to (relatively) normal life, which I find more troubling than relieving. I've also lost a lot of faith in the CDC over the last year, so my doubts mostly come from that. I'm still listening to Dr. Fauci over anyone else because he makes the most sense to me.

Next week will be the three-week, post 2nd-shot for all of us, so we've been talking about having a meal inside a restaurant. We haven't done that since March of last year, and Kat is leaving for her new job soon, so it would be nice.

What are you all doing differently? Is everyone vaxxed? Let me know in comments.

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nightsmusic said…
I am so far behind here! Honestly, our area has been mostly maskless for months now. Especially outside where there's a thing called fresh air. I personally am glad to be getting back to some form of normalcy.
May 17, 2021 at 2:54 AM
the author said…
Yesterday when we went to the restaurant almost everyone except us and the employees were maskless, but like your area the locals here haven't been wearing them much. I'm wearing a vaccinated pin on my shirt to annoy them. :)
May 21, 2021 at 11:07 AM
nightsmusic said…
Why does that pin not surprise me? The employees in the restaurants are still wearing them and at the hospital, you're required to as are the employees, but pretty much everywhere else here? Not really. I've never worn one outside. I don't wear it in the car. But you've had much more relaxed mandates than we have too and I think here, people are just tried of it all and ready to start living again.
May 21, 2021 at 11:12 AM
Lisa Cohen said…
MA is opening up this weekend and honestly, I'm conflicted. I read an article that the positivity rate is way way down, but that's an aggregate number. If you slice the data for vaccinated vs unvaccinated, the unvaccinated positivity rate/hospitalizations/deaths are as bad as they were at the height of the pandemic.

We're all fully vaccinated in the family and we were able to have a family gathering for the first time in almost a year and a half last weekend. It was a joy to be able to hug one another. But I'll still be using masks when I'm in situations where there are a lot of people around me. Not because I feel like I'm at any particular risk for covid, but because it was really nice not having a cold or the flu last year.
May 27, 2021 at 6:42 AM
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