I have no issue with people taking additional precautions against Delta. That said, the media & the CDC are not doing a great job conveying the known risks to vaccinated people. All the available data suggest that the personal health risk to vaccinated people is very low
Having looked at the data, I personally feel very protected. I know I am not 100% protected, but I'm close. The real unknown is how much I could spread Delta if it was hanging out in my nose. The risk is not high on the individual level if vaxxed. It's high on the community level
So, for the community, it's good to do things like masking up, especially if vax rates are low. & it's fine to lower your own very low risk rate even further by masking. But you should also feel confident that the vaccines are very effective in your personal protection
Again, on a personal level, I am not concerned about myself. I would be more concerned if I were living w/ kids or medically vulnerable people. I would even be more concerned if I were living w/ my vax'ed elderly parents, who I have advised to resume masking.
I know they are mostly protected too, but, ya know, they're my parents & they're older. This is all to say: every vaccinated person's individual risk is low. We may still be a community-level threat. & extra precautions for personal protection are fine.
You can simultaneously feel:
-very confident you are personally protected
-fine with taking extra precautions to protect yourself even further
-cognizant of the risk your body may pose to others, especially unvaxx'ed &/or medically vulnerable people
-very confident you are personally protected
-fine with taking extra precautions to protect yourself even further
-cognizant of the risk your body may pose to others, especially unvaxx'ed &/or medically vulnerable people
There is a reason I continue to talk about *personal* risk in this thread as well as my own personal feelings. Personal risk is low. Community risk is not. What you do with the info that *personal* risk is low is up to you. It's fine if you feel more worried than I do
We all also have to be cognizant of the atmosphere we are contributing to. It is absolutely fine to be worried. But we should do so while also affirming the vaccines. There are certain groups of un-vaxed folks who might be dissuaded if they view the vaccine as ineffective
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