(07-31-2021, 07:49 AM)robkelk Wrote: Don't get rid of your masks. Wearing them is the new normal - like it or not, vaccinated or not.
...that's really the most frustrating thing, that we may well have had a chance to get to something approximating the old normal, but now everyone needs to review ALL their old "outside the house" activities and review whether or not they're going to be worth it going forward. Especially if anyone they know might be among the ones that vaccinations have limited or no effect. We're not considering the vaccinations wasted on us, but it's clear that the science is now in that the vaccinations aren't quite opening up the range of options that it could have, and that some people are literally going to be locked out of public event participation because we can't even rely on herd immunity.
Depending on how it plays out, my husband and I may no longer be going to anything resembling a convention, which is going to be heartbreaking. I do know our dining out frequency is never going to get anywhere close to what it was pre-pandemic, we're probably pretty much done board gaming outside of our home (or our friends' homes). What dismays me right now is that we're not yet having the hard discussion on the government level of what it means for legally allowed event sizes, or building codes (specifically regarding ventilation standards), or occupancy limits of buildings, and that mandating vaccines for participation in things isn't even on the radar as some will still insist we can get back to old normal.
"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