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First of all, there was no mask "mandate" from the CDC. It's a guideline. Also, we're talking about more than just wearing a mask -- it's the social distancing, avoiding large gatherings, reducing the number of exposures by making less-frequent trips to the store, etc.
By relaxing the guidelines, the CDC, and the media, have prematurely sent a message that people can drop their guard and people receive that message as "the pandemic is over" and they think that they no longer need to take precautions.
I consume a lot of media from a wide variety of sources and I haven't heard any of the old media outlets reporting that deaths continue to occur at an alarming rate. In fact, they are essentially reporting that "the pandemic is over".
The fact is that those precautions save lives and can virtually extinguish the virus when adhered to universally. Several countries were able to eliminate the virus from their countries *before* the vaccine was available just by getting everyone to follow those precautions.
The reason why more people have died in the US from COVID19 than in any other country is because that asshole in the Whitehouse told people to ignore the precautions, to not wear their masks. And now the CDC and the media are making the same mistake by prematurely claiming "mission accomplished". In countries where they took it seriously and people followed the guidance, they had fewer deaths and in some cases extinguished the virus in their counties *before* the vaccine was even available just by getting everyone to follow the proper protocols.
Those countries were THEN able to go back to normal, to go back to work months ago because the virus had been crushed. The CDC should have waited until community spread of the virus was actually stopped before relaxing the guidance.
Yes, *in a month or two* it may be over (if no vaccine-resistant mutations emerge). Only THEN do we begin to relax the guidelines and go back to work.
Between now and then tens of thousands will die from the virus, many needlessly, because the guidelines were relaxed prematurely, while the pandemic continues much longer than it should have.
And also contributing to the problem...
Many of those 100+ million "stragglers" are reluctant to get jabbed because of the corrupt way in which leaders have dealt with the pandemic. They don't trust them and they don't know how to evaluate the science behind the vaccine. They believe that those in charge are more interested in trying to improve the economy than in the health of our citizens. And they're right.
You and I both want the same thing. We want to crush the virus and go back to normal. The quickest way to get there is to continue the fight until the virus is extinguished using all of the tools available.
Those who are unable to persist -- unable to delay gratification -- just prolong the battle and as a result contribute to a worse economic outcome.
@Pat
You say you want to go back to a normal life? So do it!
Stop the fear!
Stop to listen the propaganda! Turn off your TV if you've got one! Just make your life funny, go to make sport in nature, continue to meet your friends as before this covid masquerade, wear off your mask, live your life exactly as you want. This will make your life happy.
Stop to be fearful!!!!!!
This is exactly what the government and pharmaceutical companies want you to be!
@freemo
@Pat Regardless the fact of the matter is that not only has the deathtoll continued to decrease after the announcement but in fact it is decreasing at an even faster rate before.
The fact is the epidemic (at least for america) is over, a few stragglers still need to be vaccinated but otherwise its time to move on and get back to normal, its virtually over now, in a month or two it wont even stand up to the flu.