I too, will be wearing masks well after I need to. So will the rest of my family. I just don’t know people, nor do I trust that everyone will be honest. So to protect ourselves, masks will continue.
The reason time flies so much faster when you're older is that each year represents a smaller and smaller portion of your life. When you're 10, a year is 10% of your life; when you're 50, a year is 2% of your life. At least that's the explanation I've heard that makes the most sense.
I too feel like things are opening way too soon. As long as we don't have herd immunity, there's still the possibility of a new mutation that's vaccine resistant. That's what I wish the anti-vaxxers would understand. By refusing to get a vaccine, they're running the risk of us being right back where we've been the last year. It makes me sad, frustrated, and angry.
As far as masks, it's looking like it's going to be on a situational basis for me. What type of place am I at? Is it crowded? Is it indoors or outdoors? What's the virus situation in the community? We went to the grocery store last week and I was feeling somewhat confident that maybe I'd be able to soon shed the mask. By the time I left the store, I was feeling like I was NEVER going to take off the mask. The biggest thing for me was the complete lack of social distancing. I've never liked people invading my personal space and I notice it a LOT more now than I used to. Too many people, too crowded, and too close together. It would be so easy for someone who is unknowingly infected to spread it like crazy. Fortunately, in Oregon, most people are still wearing masks (at least indoors).
We're starting up in person church again on 6/13, but we're still going to be requiring masks, enforcing social distance, and providing hand sanitizer, etc. Most of the people in our church are vaccinated, so it feels as safe as anything can be. It's still going to be really weird, after only online church for the past 14+ months.
It's going to be an interesting next couple of months. Praying that India is able to get vaccinated and get the supplies they need and that no new mutations arise.
I too, will be wearing masks well after I need to. So will the rest of my family. I just don’t know people, nor do I trust that everyone will be honest. So to protect ourselves, masks will continue.
Not to mention, I've bought so many masks in the last year that I can't not wear them! :-)
The reason time flies so much faster when you're older is that each year represents a smaller and smaller portion of your life. When you're 10, a year is 10% of your life; when you're 50, a year is 2% of your life. At least that's the explanation I've heard that makes the most sense.
WOW. That is actually brilliant.
I too feel like things are opening way too soon. As long as we don't have herd immunity, there's still the possibility of a new mutation that's vaccine resistant. That's what I wish the anti-vaxxers would understand. By refusing to get a vaccine, they're running the risk of us being right back where we've been the last year. It makes me sad, frustrated, and angry.
As far as masks, it's looking like it's going to be on a situational basis for me. What type of place am I at? Is it crowded? Is it indoors or outdoors? What's the virus situation in the community? We went to the grocery store last week and I was feeling somewhat confident that maybe I'd be able to soon shed the mask. By the time I left the store, I was feeling like I was NEVER going to take off the mask. The biggest thing for me was the complete lack of social distancing. I've never liked people invading my personal space and I notice it a LOT more now than I used to. Too many people, too crowded, and too close together. It would be so easy for someone who is unknowingly infected to spread it like crazy. Fortunately, in Oregon, most people are still wearing masks (at least indoors).
We're starting up in person church again on 6/13, but we're still going to be requiring masks, enforcing social distance, and providing hand sanitizer, etc. Most of the people in our church are vaccinated, so it feels as safe as anything can be. It's still going to be really weird, after only online church for the past 14+ months.
It's going to be an interesting next couple of months. Praying that India is able to get vaccinated and get the supplies they need and that no new mutations arise.