I am somewhere between 1 and 2. Our fully vaxxed family never stopped wearing masks indoors in public places. My workplace has just reimposed a mask mandate. Up until the latest CDC recommendation, we only went unmasked when gathering with very small groups of friends who we knew to be vaccinated. We did some limited outdoor, distanced restaurant dining in June when community spread was at its lowest.
I don’t really mind wearing a mask unless I’m actively exercising. I am just praying that we’re not headed down the slippery slope of business, church, and school closures and a resumption of online life. A return to distance learning would break my heart.
We’re 2 but that’s mainly due to our interactions with FIL since he could be at risk even vaccinated. Otherwise we’re 3, esp considering we still go visit medical boy (he has the grandkittens!). We won’t go from his place or anything else risky to FIL’s without isolating first though - just in case.
For our upcoming train trip I would say between 2 and 3 with no problems masking up if others are doing the same or it’s required. Not sure yet if dinners will be in or take out when in CA.
ETA H booked us on a sailing trip on an America’s Cup class boat while we are there. I think he’s drooling. I’m not a sailing fan, so I’ll probably spend my 2 1/2 hours reminding myself that these boats don’t tip over and people survive… (it’s the tipping feeling my brain can’t stand). He wouldn’t go without me though. It’s his nature. Even in college he wouldn’t go eat in a dining hall without a friend going with him. I love him enough to want him to have a great time on a boat we could never afford. I’m not sure how many are allowed on the boat per trip, but I’d be surprised if anyone masks up. At least it’s outside - with wind. Plus… I did want to get out “on” the bay, so there’s that. I just prefer boats that don’t list.
As I wrote before, I am unfortunately convinced that vaccine-resistant strains will become dominant unless everyone is vaccinated at the same time, roughly, and that only those who cannot have a vaccine skip the dose. I don’t see that happening.
I think, between the waning of effectiveness and the rising of vaccine-resistant mutations, we will need to be concerned for some time, wearing masks, distancing. Hoping this doesn’t mean shut downs but that may happen.
I never stopped double masking because to me, that is what common sense (and science) says- regardless of the CDC.
I am a lay person. Why did I figure out masks are still needed when the CDC said we could stop? Why did they tell us all that we could gather indoors safely when they didn’t really know? Who can we really trust?
My kids who live far away have visited in 3-D however briefly and now we go back to 2 D.
I guess we are a 3 right now, heading back to a 2 after today’s lunch appointment. But I am chuckling a little because in some ways we are WAY more careful than we were at the start of all this. As more information about the nature of the pandemic has become available, our behavior has changed so much.
For example, based on the Diamond Princess data, we initially surmised that the virus was spread by surface contact. We were obsessive with washing surfaces - grocery surfaces, door handles, etc. My older relatives wore disposable gloves to pump gas. Did others do that? We don’t do any of that any more.
But at the same time, back in the early days we weren’t wearing masks at all. We just had no idea. If COVID had blown through my town in February or March 2020, we would all have been sitting ducks. Even when we started wearing masks, we didn’t do it right. We had to learn. In that way we might actually be MORE careful today than a year ago.
We are 2. We’ve gone back to masking indoors in most cases. We are in a county with a very good vaccination rate, but our little corner of the county has enough Covid deniers that I don’t trust others. We haven’t returned to church in person, even though they started back weeks ago. I can’t trust folks around our cottage, because it’s in a high-Covid case county (low vaccination rate, too). While I may very well be fine if I were to get Covid, since I am fully vaccinated, I don’t want it. I don’t want to give it to my granddaughter, and I don’t want to have to stop babysitting for a couple weeks if I get Covid. It’s not as simple as having a little cold … it can be dangerous for some I come in contact with, and it would be a major disruption of our lives, at the very least.
My husband and I are between 1 and 2. We are both medical, so actually have not been anywhere unmasked, other than with vaccinated immediate family members, except once for our anniversary dinner.
Tonight we have dinner planned for my BIL’s big birthday at SIL’s home. There are only 18 of us, and I believe everyone is vaccinated except for the 4 year old, yet we decided to request mask wearing inside the house where the food will be set up. People can decide if they are comfortable eating inside; hubby and I will be outside in the 95+ degree heat!
I hate being a killjoy, but I want to continue seeing my GDs and will be as safe as humanly possible to keep them safe. I wear a mask all day in the office, wearing one to the grocery store isn’t a problem. I am going into stores, which is something i did not do prior to being vaccinated. I am 6 months post being fully vaccinated, so will get a booster once they are offered.
None of the above? We are concerned, but believe vaccinations are working as expected given the circumstances. As for precautions, we are between 1 and 2. When precautions (like mask wearing and avoiding crowded places) impose very little cost/burden, why not?
I’d say with a 2with a tilt to the 1 side. have been going inside public buildings with a mask the last couple months (not before at all, except for a short while last summer), but will limit amounts of being in them, and nothing unnecessary. Have only eaten outside; will continue that for now.
Last week I was living normal, masking only when required by a store or the law. By Wednesday of this week when I went to the gas station to get cigarettes, no one was masked and I knew I was going to have to start masking. No mask mandate here, low vaccine level, red county on CDC website, no tracking of break through Covid here. Today, when I went into the gas station about 50% of the people were masked. School has started here and they have already had to close down one school because too many teachers had Covid.
That’s scary as I contemplate returning to school this academic year and know teachers who wouldn’t do well if they caught it. Most got J&J when it was offered to teachers (some like me opted to get Pfizer or Moderna on our own). I believe J&J has the most breakthrough cases?
Due to still going to FIL’s, I may have to rethink returning this year. Glad I just said I’d be a math/science day to day sub vs anything long term as some other years.
It really might be time to retire, but I don’t know that I really want that just yet. I enjoy working with teens. Our school restarts in latter August.
1.5 only thing different is now we do pickup groceries, no wiping down. Wear one KN95 mask when running into restaurant for takeout. Visited family all vaccinated no masks 2 weeks ago.
I suspect our teachers were vaccinated. They were first on the list here (before first responders) and were generally being forced to teach remote and in person at the same time. Very few were refusing the vax at that point in those conditions. That said, since they were vaxed in the first wave, they are way past the 6 month booster (if that is what it takes). I had not thought of that potential problem.
Probably 3. Our indoor mask mandate was not lifted until june1st. Our Covid numbers were incredibly low until a couple weeks ago. I have extreme pandemic fatigue. I could not believe how much better I felt when life seemed normal again.
No bars or concerts of any kind for me.