(06-11-2021, 09:42 PM)Labster Wrote: I am now considered fully vaccinated. And as of today, we are finally out of the yellow tier. In fact, there are no more tiers, no more colors, just complete anarchy!!1! California appears to be asymptotically approaching 75% vaccination, which means roughly 15% of people are opting out -- there are usually structural reasons why it's difficult to get above 90% -- people with cancer treatments, infants/children not yet eligible, people with real religious concerns, people who are homeless and hard to reach, etc.
Anyway, you still have to wear a mask if you haven't been vaccinated. What this means in practice: people who aren't vaccinated feel free to go maskless, while the rest of us keep wearing masks everywhere because the other people are idiots. People everywhere are just about at their breaking point and getting into quarrels about stupid shit all the time.
Anyway, looking forward to the roaring twenties!
Yeah, we're still wearing our masks here when we go to stores, but very definitely I'm seeing the "wearing a mask" percentages drop quite fast now that we're also off the tier system - and we're at 54% single shot and better on vaccinations right now, so I really doubt that all of the ones without masks are vaccinated right now, which means it's still really risky for anyone who's immunocompromised to consider stepping outside the house. On the other flipper, positivity, new cases, and hospitalizations are still on the downward track (pretty much among the unvaccinated), so it's just the hope that we don't get a variant pop up that evades the immunization.
"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor