And this is why I still wear a N95 mask indoors. I don't want it.

And all of these people with no masks, vaccinated or not, are not immune to anything, and are carriers, as far as I'm concerned. I've always thought that, and it seems to be borne out more every day.

In response to this post by GreenvilleVT

Posted: 07/24/2021 at 10:47AM

Covid note…… -- CrystalCoveHokie 07/24/2021 10:16AM

Everyone on earth (unless they are hermit) will get Covid. The variants -- UTPr0sim 07/24/2021 3:13PM

Its becoming common across many countries. In Israel Vax is lo -- ColoVT82 07/24/2021 12:11PM

Hence boosters. Trudeau has purchased >30m shots annually through 2024. -- VTDante 07/24/2021 1:16PM

I have the Pfizer vax. -- GreenvilleVT 07/24/2021 10:26AM

Yes i read somewhere Phizer is 64 percent effective against Delta -- capitals1 07/24/2021 11:54AM

I was hoping to be done with the masks. -- GreenvilleVT 07/24/2021 12:33PM

Will be entirely dependent on where you live ... -- vt90 07/24/2021 1:18PM

Probably true. SC not likely to go back to masks. ** -- GreenvilleVT 07/24/2021 1:21PM

Generally, I believe we are but ..... -- hokietony 07/24/2021 12:35PM

88 percent .... -- hokietony 07/24/2021 11:58AM

This Israeli study says 39 percent -- capitals1 07/24/2021 2:00PM

Yep, and so far ** -- ColoVT82 07/24/2021 2:04PM

And this is why I still wear a N95 mask indoors. I don't want it. -- Coach McGuirk 07/24/2021 10:47AM

Yet study after study shows masks essentially ineffective ** -- 133743Hokie 07/24/2021 12:54PM

Please post a link to any study from any US Hospital system or university -- McLovin 07/24/2021 2:41PM

Here is one I posted the other day from the CDC ... -- vt90 07/24/2021 4:34PM

Fwiw, that's not exactly data about the efficacy of masks -- Pylons 07/24/2021 6:21PM

Possibly. But the big Dutch study released last fall also concluded that -- vt90 07/25/2021 09:43AM

The other thing to consider is that one shouldn't necessarily expect -- Pylons 07/25/2021 10:37AM

The CDC and NIH had that on their website for over a decade until about... -- EDGEMAN 07/24/2021 3:11PM

Just asking the question in general....then why do we wear them? -- HokiesBill48 07/24/2021 1:24PM

It's pretty easy to find studies that conclude that masks work, too. -- Coach McGuirk 07/24/2021 1:48PM

Yes, this is the correct way to view all interventions -- Gobbler-100 07/24/2021 4:29PM

Not my call. I wore one as required and stopped when no longer -- 133743Hokie 07/24/2021 1:34PM

I understand and it wasn't directed at you, sorry. And maybe that is the -- HokiesBill48 07/24/2021 1:44PM

Unfortunately politics became the driving force during the pandemic -- EDGEMAN 07/24/2021 3:15PM

As much politics between scientists with competing ideas as govt politics ** -- DonHo-kieHi 07/24/2021 5:17PM

Yup, and thus the reason why so many don't trust anything spewed -- HokiesBill48 07/24/2021 3:34PM

If you say so. And you will note I wrote N95 mask, not just plain mask. -- Coach McGuirk 07/24/2021 1:03PM

Not to mention the vast majority of masks you see do nothing to protect... -- EDGEMAN 07/24/2021 10:56AM

Data -- ColoVT82 07/24/2021 11:59AM

And this is why I still wear a N95 mask indoors. I don't want it.

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