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I’m all for masks, it’s a minor inconvenience. What i’m worried about is social distancing. Online school. Making it harder to meet people. Cancelling and post
by armchairhacker 5y ago
I’m all for masks, it’s a minor inconvenience.
What i’m worried about is social distancing. Online school. Making it harder to meet people. Cancelling and postponing events. Even large gatherings of vaxxed individuals. And honestly, needing to wear masks at said gatherings.
Correct me if i’m wrong, but the chance of a large vaxxed party causing someone serious illness or significantly spreading the virus to the unvaxxed is still very low. From what i’ve heard, Delta does infect vaccinated people but it’s usually mild.
Moreover, if you ban these sorts of events you’re probably banning them long-term. Humans are social creatures, and it’s one thing to minimize social interaction for a year to save lives, it’s another to minimize for years (someone’s entire adolescence), especially when you’re not saving many lives anyways.
Honestly, i’m an introverted person, i don’t even like crowded parties. But i feel for people who do. Moreover, if schools / colleges stay online or even hybrid it’s going to hurt students’ education and social development. If jobs are online and vacations are cancelled it’s going to make finding and maintaining friends as an adult harder, and afaik that’s already hard. Some things really are better virtual (e.g. virtual meetings), but some are effectively useless.
It looks like right now this isn’t an issue, since i see events like lollapalooza and cruises which require proof of vaccination. And schools are starting in-person (although i’m worried for those under 12, the FDA should really approve the vaccine asap). But yeah, masks aren’t much of an issue, this is much more concerning.