For some reason the CDC, kinda out of the blue, announced yesterday that if you have been fully vaccinated you don't have to wear a mask. I absolutely think they should toss in if you have had the virus but that would indicate a basic understanding of virology.
So, now that our premiere government health agency, who's mission is to prevent and mitigate pandemics and other community spread diseases has issued guidance are you going follow it? Will blue states like Maine? Blue cities in red states like Austin?
My take... For the last few weeks (I'm fully vaccinated) I only put on a mask when asked. When asked I said "I'm sorry, I'm fully vaccinated." as I pulled out a old crumpled up mask from my pocket and put it on acknowledging any business has a right to make their own rules.
At times this would get ackward when management said nothing but customers, typically young people or the elderly would visibly squirm. Few had the balls to come up to me and those that did would get the polite "I'm fully vaccinated, mind your own business." Luckily I wasn't tased and arrested while watching a kids football game.
The Governor of Maine is not going to change rules based on CDC guidance. Are you kidding me? She has already decreed May 24th as Maine's partial opening. She hasn't listened to anyone thus far so why start now? She has not conferred with either party for over a year. She doesn't have a Lt Governor. She cracked down when it wasn't needed and let up when cracking down was warranted. She hasn't come close to following the science and Maine has missed a once in a lifetime opportunity to expose Vacationland to thousands of new people.
My idea of offering free testing and lodging vouchers to out of state visitors wasn't even a passing thought for Governor Janet Mills. Funny, whole counties like Maldive have adopted this strategy. It was such a big duh as to be painful when Maine, one of the least impacted populations in the world, remained and will likely continue to remain locked down and isolated for as long as our Governor desires. At least officially. NEWS FLASH rural Maine has been wide open since last summer.
PS If you're the one person I know who is shocked at the CDC's 180 and still think you should be wearing masks while walking the dog, then please consider the Fox News experiment. One hour a night for three weeks. Thirty minutes of Brett and Tucker focusing in on interviews of primary sources. If for nothing else you will learn what roughly half of the country has been hearing for almost a year. Fox hasn't cornered the truth but it's very different than the news you're obviously getting.
