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I wouldn't call it "back to normal". In addition to the mask mandates, which are more bothersome than you make out (e.g. it's pretty tiring to do cardio at the

I wouldn't call it "back to normal". In addition to the mask mandates, which are more bothersome than you make out (e.g. it's pretty tiring to do cardio at the gym with a mask), there are other restrictions. Parents aren't allowed on our school campus, we don't have any in-person school events, kids get tested once a week, kids have to stay at 3 feet from each other at school, no wind instrument classes.

greedo 5y ago
Isn't the point of doing cardio work to be tired? To stress your lungs and heart? That's why extreme athletes wear masks while doing cardio... I'm sure a little surgical mask isn't as difficult as this: https://www.trainingmask.com https://www.trainingmask.com
- colordrops 5y ago
  That's not the main part of my comment.
danans 5y ago
> e.g. it's pretty tiring to do cardio at the gym with a mask Those restrictions are on their way out: https://abc7news.com/amp/face-masks-mask-mandates-bay-area-indoor-contra-costa/11186798/ https://abc7news.com/amp/face-masks-mask-mandates-bay-area-i... > Parents aren't allowed on our school campus, we don't have any in-person school events, kids get tested once a week, kids have to stay at 3 feet from each other at school, no wood wind instrument classes. Not sure where you are but in my very urban CA city, except for testing which is a very good thing IMO, none of these rules are in place. This morning, the parent community met for donuts at the elementary school campus, where kids were playing close-contact basketball. The local middle school jazz band - with plenty of wind instruments - played recently at the local street fair as a fundraiser, and it's clear they had been practicing. Then again, around here vaccine and mask wearing rates are extremely high, so we basically had very little in the way of outbreaks and community transmission. It seems like when a critical majority of people are civically considerate and voluntarily mask and vaccinate, life can go on pretty close to normal.
- colordrops 5y ago
  I'm in Los Angeles.
jedberg 5y ago
That's on your school/county. None of those are mandated by the state.

greedo 5y ago

Isn't the point of doing cardio work to be tired? To stress your lungs and heart? That's why extreme athletes wear masks while doing cardio... I'm sure a little surgical mask isn't as difficult as this: https://www.trainingmask.com https://www.trainingmask.com

colordrops 5y ago
That's not the main part of my comment.

danans 5y ago

> e.g. it's pretty tiring to do cardio at the gym with a mask Those restrictions are on their way out: https://abc7news.com/amp/face-masks-mask-mandates-bay-area-indoor-contra-costa/11186798/ https://abc7news.com/amp/face-masks-mask-mandates-bay-area-i... > Parents aren't allowed on our school campus, we don't have any in-person school events, kids get tested once a week, kids have to stay at 3 feet from each other at school, no wood wind instrument classes. Not sure where you are but in my very urban CA city, except for testing which is a very good thing IMO, none of these rules are in place. This morning, the parent community met for donuts at the elementary school campus, where kids were playing close-contact basketball. The local middle school jazz band - with plenty of wind instruments - played recently at the local street fair as a fundraiser, and it's clear they had been practicing. Then again, around here vaccine and mask wearing rates are extremely high, so we basically had very little in the way of outbreaks and community transmission. It seems like when a critical majority of people are civically considerate and voluntarily mask and vaccinate, life can go on pretty close to normal.

colordrops 5y ago
I'm in Los Angeles.

jedberg 5y ago

That's on your school/county. None of those are mandated by the state.