Vaccinated people may transmit Delta variant just as easily as unvaccinated

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For people who are skeptical of masks or vaccines, do you use an umbrella when it rains? Even using an umbrella, sometimes you get wet, but you'd get a lot more wet without an umbrella. Some protection is better than no protection. 

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20 hours ago, RahrahWitch said:

It's not just about the unvaccinated, We still need some protective measures to limit the risk of bringing about a variant that's resistant to the vaccines. You can already see it with Delta, The vaccines that were developed with previous strains are less effective against that variant.

With more and more countries opening up and removing restrictions cases are rising, thankfully the vaccine is helping with the number of hospitalizations but with each case there is a risk of a serious mutation.

Nobody's saying you have to bunker down until everything goes away but we can't pretend the pandemic is over just because we're vaccinated, The least we can do to protect everyone is continue to sanitize our hands and wear a mask in public while we wait for the rest of the world to catch up in their vaccination progress. It's not a vaccinated vs antivax issue, we are all at risk until then and should be doing our part so we don't end up back at square one.

THIS x1000

It's very short-sighted to refuse to wear a mask simply bc you personally have a low chance of dying as a vaccinated person. Because every day this pandemic continues - even if fewer people are dying - our vaccines move closer toward being ineffective due to continued mutation and new strains.

So, if you are someone who doesn't care about protecting others, at least think about how this will impact yourself - not wearing a mask now makes it more likely you won't have that luxury soon, when your vaccine can't protect you anymore.

We never, ever should have told people to take off their masks.