The new CDC recommendation says that “fully-vacksinated people can resume activities without wearing a mask or physically distancing…”. OK. I admit it. The quote isn’t entirely correct. They said “vaccinated”, and I replaced it with the more technically-correct “vacksinated”. What can I say? I’m a stickler for accuracy.
What the CDC is saying, but isn’t saying directly, is that if you’re fully-vacksinated, you can stop acting insane. Once you receive the injection that could turn you into the COVID-19 equivalent of Typhoid Mary, you’re good to go. You no longer have to be afraid of everything and everybody.
As I’m pretty sure everyone knows, the CDC just gives recommendations and it’s up to the individual governments and businesses to determine their own requirements for mask wearing. So, depending on where you are and where you want to go, the rules vary wildly.
I want you to think about that for a bit. The guy running your local tire shop can decide if it’s safe for you to enter his store without wearing a mask.
Out here in California, our governor has decided that he’s going to keep the mask mandate in place until June 15th “to give businesses a chance to prepare”.
Hmm. That gives a pretty good indication of what he thinks of local businesses. He’s going to give them 30 days to figure out how to take a sign off their front window.
The Illinois Department of Public Health is updating an executive order that will allow businesses to keep maskless people out of their stores unless they show proof of vacksination. So, now the local tire shop guy is going to be empowered to ask about your personal medical history. Am I the only one who sees how crazy this is?
The CDC spokesman (person, whatever) also said that she wants the public to be honest and continue to wear masks if they haven’t been vacksinated.
Yeah. Right. Good luck with that.
I haven’t been vacksinated and I’m not going to be. There is no way in hell I’m going to let the drug companies use me as a Guinea pig. I have no problem with anyone else doing it. I’m just not going to do it. And I’m not going to wear a mask either.
If a minimum wage worker posted at the entrance to the grocery store asks me if I’ve been vacksinated, I’m going to say, “yes”. And then I’m going to walk into the store. What I want to say is “it’s none of your damn business”. But, I won’t. I’ll just lie.
If some sort of proof is required before I can go maskless…well…I’ve got a plan for that too. I’ll just put on a mask two steps before I walk through the door. Next, I’ll wear the mask just long enough to stroll right past their COVID sentry. Then, as soon as I turn the corner, I’m going to put the mask in my pocket. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
Essentially, the CDC has told all vacksinated people that they should ratchet down their fear level to the same level of non-existent fear that us “vackseen hesitant” people have had all along. That is, unless the tire guy says otherwise.
There’s a big difference though. Not only am I not afraid of COVID-19, I also don’t have to be afraid of having any yet-to-be-discovered side effects caused by being injected with an experimental drug.
