I was almost at 3 but I’m now closer to 2.
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Between 1 and 2. My area’s numbers are still not too bad but I don’t like the upward trend. Post vax life was nice while it lasted …
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I’m at 2 now after relaxing quite a bit during late June - early July. I hope we can bite the bullet and get infection rates down quickly and have a more normal holiday season this year.
Masking here in CT where 6 of the 8 counties were suggested to mask indoors. We aren’t in one of those counties, but come on. We live less than 5 miles from the county line that is affected, so indoor masking is back for us.
Hoping this turns around
My best friend from grade school has not been vaccinated. She is planning a trip to FL in October because she thinks “Covid will be over by then”.
Wonders if I will join her on a November trip to our home town. Stay in the same hotel room, share a rental car, etc.
No…because I’m not sharing a room, car or anything else with an unvaccinated person for a week.
I made a decision not to discuss the whole Covid issue with her because if I did, I definitely would lose a lifelong friend…and someday I would possibly regret that.
But…what is she thinking? Hoping Covid is over? I don’t think so.
So my post vax life just can’t include her…yet.
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I ran into my liquor store today to pick up a gourmet product I can only get there. Only a few cars in the lot and I hated to wear my mask, but I did to practice what I believe. The clerk looked at me a little sideways, but I have said more than once to D and to friends in the last few days that if we would all do our part, we can make the duration of this surge short. I read an op-ed by Ruth Marcus in today’s WaPo that said we should make life as uncomfortable as possible for those who are choosing to hold us back by not being vaccinated. I wholeheartedly concur. It also seems that workplace mandates are proving to be helpful, but not sure how much. Thankful for the uptick in vaccines administered last week, regardless.
I want to go back to unmasked post vax life asap. S & his family are coming for 6 days at the beginning of September and I plan to be at level 1 or very close for the two weeks before they arrive to make sure I don’t transmit covid to granddaughters who are ages 3 & 10 months.
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I’m between 2 and 3, due to 2 considerations. First H has a chronic lung issue and is on a immune suppressant. He is vaxxed. So even “milder” breakthrough case could be very bad. However he is not as careful himself as I would like. Which he is a grown man but second, D is getting married in September. I will be super careful until then since looks like even mild breakthrough covid is supposedly 10 day quarantine and I don’t won’t to be sick for her wedding. D is teacher staring back with kids a month prior to wedding. Elementary so kids won’t be vaccinated and our Governor has outlawed requiring masks. I am very stressed.
All public transportation requires masks until Sept 13, and I’m betting it will be extended beyond that time. While on the train, and in the train station a masks will be required just like if you were on a plane or in an airport.
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Yep, no problem with any of that. Those were the rules when we signed up for it, so no surprise.
It’s once we’re in Emeryville/SF I’m not quite sure what people will be doing. We’ll have our masks with us and decide there what seems right. On the sailboat I doubt they’ll be masking, but for other things maybe. Regardless, we’ll have our masks and extras with us.
So we are en route to a family gathering. First leg- lots of jerks at the airport with their noses hanging out of their masks, and several (including staff) with their masks at their chins. Several with no masks on at the gate. Currently in a lounge between flights, and you are only supposed to take your mask off if you are actively eating or drinking. Moderate compliance. Several aren’t actively eating or drinking but are unmasked.
I’m actually expecting similar on the train soon. Time will tell. Around us there are very few people wearing masks at all, anywhere.
We will have our own roomette if needed for most of the trip (it’s not available on every leg though).
There are lots of people in the region who appear to be in group 1 (highly concerned) or close to it, as evidenced by mask wearing when not required (even outdoors). Places with high Asian population tend to have more people leaning that way.
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The counties in the area are returning to indoor mask requirements, although there are loopholes like “actively eating and drinking” (so indoor dining and drinking in restaurants and bars is allowed, even though that is relatively high risk for virus spread). Some bars have already started asking for proof of vaccination before allowing entry.
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We just got back from a great evening out in Balboa Park, dinner at The Prado followed by the musical Hair at The Old Globe - all outdoors. It’s one of the first major Equity theater productions to open since the pandemic began; the three leads and more were played by Broadway actors. Everyone involved seemed thrilled to be back. I last saw the show (on Broadway) in 1971. We stayed masked except when we were seated. We think most of the audience was local and generally older and this area has a very good vaccination rate for that demographic.
The outdoor venue was lovely.
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We are scheduled to attend indoor Oliver! production by local community theater in late September. They will require proof of vaccination by all attendees. Not sure what our positivity rate will be at that time and whether I will be comfortable attending.
Masks will be required indoors.
Several music/theater venues announced yesterday that they are requiring proof of vaccination beginning Oct 1. They include indoor and outdoor venues. My mother went to a store yesterday and they now require masks again.
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We are going to have a house guest, our first non related visitor since Covid. This guy wanted to come before and I kept saying no because he was not vaxxed (back when no one was) and was, in my opinion, reckless. He has had Covid (because he WAS reckless) and the vax now. There will be some risk, but I am comfortable assuming it now. This guy is a close friend of H and has had some bad stuff happen to him. (I’d say because he is…reckless.)
He asked very carefully about coming since I had said no so vehemently before. He may think I don’t like him. That is not the case, I just did not think it was safe to visit with him. Earlier I did tell H he could see this guy, but outside and when I was not present. I did not forbid contact.
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We are going to see Hair at the Old Globe next month. We were happy to get the tickets since it is all outdoors. I bought tickets to see Maroon 5 in October and the venue is also outdoors. I received an email this week that proof of vaccination or a negative Covid test will be required to enter the concert venue. That is just fine with me.
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Facing our annual family get-together for my mom’s birthday next month. She is 90 and vaxxed. 2 out of 3 families are fully vaxxed. Sister and husband are not. Going to be awkward when we refuse to gather indoors for this. Going to be awkward when we insist on an outside gathering only. Will anger and upset said unvaxxed couple. DO NOT CARE!!!
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Visiting H’s family at our family cottage for the day tomorrow. MIL and BIL are vaxxed. I know for a fact that SIL is not, and I have no clue whether or not nephew & his GF are. I told H that I plan to visit outside, but that I will be wearing a mask if I have to go inside. He told me it will make him feel awkward around his family. SIL & BIL live in a VERY low vax rate county, and they have been all over the VERY low vax rate county where the cottage is located this week. I told him that there is no need to feel awkward, and I will be happy to stay home. He doesn’t want to have to go without me (his family is SO different than him & it’s become increasingly uncomfortable over the years). So mask it is. If he decides to not wear a mask, I will be incredibly angry if I get sick as a result. He wears a mask inside everywhere else …
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