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triviawayne wrote: ↑

Thu May 13, 2021 1:28 pm

Considering there is no way to know who is and who is not vaccinated this seems a little early

silverscreenselect wrote: ↑

Thu May 13, 2021 1:06 pm

The CDC has now issued new guidelines that people who are fully vaccinated do not have to wear masks indoors or maintain physical distance with certain exceptions (immune compromised, those showing COVID symptoms, and while traveling). Where state and local ordinances or store policies still require masks, people must still comply. Fully vaccinated people also do not have to be tested following exposure unless they are residents or employees of a correctional or detention facility or homeless shelter. The CDC recommends that those who have not been vaccinated do so as soon as possible and continue to wear masks until then. (Somehow I doubt many of those who refuse to get vaccinated will follow this last guideline.)

It remains to be seen how much longer businesses will keep mask mandates in place or distancing customers in theater or restaurant settings. (None of the movies we've been to have had enough people in the showings we've attended where social distancing could possibly have been a problem.)

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nc ... dance.html

Spock wrote: ↑

Thu May 13, 2021 5:40 pm

silverscreenselect wrote: ↑

Thu May 13, 2021 1:06 pm

The CDC has now issued new guidelines that people who are fully vaccinated do not have to wear masks indoors or maintain physical distance with certain exceptions (immune compromised, those showing COVID symptoms, and while traveling). Where state and local ordinances or store policies still require masks, people must still comply. Fully vaccinated people also do not have to be tested following exposure unless they are residents or employees of a correctional or detention facility or homeless shelter. The CDC recommends that those who have not been vaccinated do so as soon as possible and continue to wear masks until then. (Somehow I doubt many of those who refuse to get vaccinated will follow this last guideline.)

It remains to be seen how much longer businesses will keep mask mandates in place or distancing customers in theater or restaurant settings. (None of the movies we've been to have had enough people in the showings we've attended where social distancing could possibly have been a problem.)

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nc ... dance.html

So basically the exact same rules that I have been following since March 2020.

triviawayne wrote: ↑

Thu May 13, 2021 1:28 pm

Considering there is no way to know who is and who is not vaccinated this seems a little early

Spock wrote: ↑

Thu May 13, 2021 5:40 pm

So basically the exact same rules that I have been following since March 2020.

Bob Juch wrote: ↑

Fri May 14, 2021 9:55 am

Now I need another way to keep people from thinking I'm a Republican.

silverscreenselect wrote: ↑

Sat May 15, 2021 9:06 am

I'm still not willing to go into a crowded bar or similar venue, regardless of who may or may not be wearing a mask.

BackInTex wrote: ↑

Sun May 16, 2021 9:02 pm

silverscreenselect wrote: ↑

Sat May 15, 2021 9:06 am

I'm still not willing to go into a crowded bar or similar venue, regardless of who may or may not be wearing a mask.

Aren't you vaccinated? If so, you apparently don't hold the CDC up as being so authoritative when it conflicts with what you believe. Just like Spock.

silverscreenselect wrote: ↑

Sun May 16, 2021 9:24 pm

BackInTex wrote: ↑

Sun May 16, 2021 9:02 pm

silverscreenselect wrote: ↑

Sat May 15, 2021 9:06 am

I'm still not willing to go into a crowded bar or similar venue, regardless of who may or may not be wearing a mask.

Aren't you vaccinated? If so, you apparently don't hold the CDC up as being so authoritative when it conflicts with what you believe. Just like Spock.

You may be right. I also would feel uncomfortable in the current environment in such a crowd, and I see no need to eat or drink under such conditions. And if I'm wrong, I miss out on having a couple of beers in a crowded bar. If Spock's wrong, ...

silverscreenselect wrote: ↑

Sat May 15, 2021 9:06 am

Bob Juch wrote: ↑

Fri May 14, 2021 9:55 am

Now I need another way to keep people from thinking I'm a Republican.

Wal-Mart (and Sam's Club), Costco, and Trader Joes have dropped mask requirements except where required by local mandates.

On a personal note, Mrs. SSS and I dined indoors last night for the first time in a year. It was an upscale Mexican restaurant that was fairly spacious, seemed to have good ventilation, and not very crowded so we could get some decent separation from fellow diners. I'm still not willing to go into a crowded bar or similar venue, regardless of who may or may not be wearing a mask. And before dinner, we went to a movie where we were the only people in the auditorium.

Estonut wrote: ↑

Mon May 17, 2021 8:19 am

silverscreenselect wrote: ↑

Sat May 15, 2021 9:06 am

Bob Juch wrote: ↑

Fri May 14, 2021 9:55 am

Now I need another way to keep people from thinking I'm a Republican.

Wal-Mart (and Sam's Club), Costco, and Trader Joes have dropped mask requirements except where required by local mandates.

On a personal note, Mrs. SSS and I dined indoors last night for the first time in a year. It was an upscale Mexican restaurant that was fairly spacious, seemed to have good ventilation, and not very crowded so we could get some decent separation from fellow diners. I'm still not willing to go into a crowded bar or similar venue, regardless of who may or may not be wearing a mask. And before dinner, we went to a movie where we were the only people in the auditorium.

What kind of "upscale" restaurant offers coupons?

Estonut wrote: ↑

Mon May 17, 2021 8:19 am

silverscreenselect wrote: ↑

Sat May 15, 2021 9:06 am

Bob Juch wrote: ↑

Fri May 14, 2021 9:55 am

Now I need another way to keep people from thinking I'm a Republican.

Wal-Mart (and Sam's Club), Costco, and Trader Joes have dropped mask requirements except where required by local mandates.

On a personal note, Mrs. SSS and I dined indoors last night for the first time in a year. It was an upscale Mexican restaurant that was fairly spacious, seemed to have good ventilation, and not very crowded so we could get some decent separation from fellow diners. I'm still not willing to go into a crowded bar or similar venue, regardless of who may or may not be wearing a mask. And before dinner, we went to a movie where we were the only people in the auditorium.

What kind of "upscale" restaurant offers coupons?

Bob78164 wrote: ↑

Mon May 17, 2021 9:18 am

Estonut wrote: ↑

Mon May 17, 2021 8:19 am

What kind of "upscale" restaurant offers coupons?

In my area, Fogo do Chao and Flemings, among others. --Bob

silverscreenselect wrote: ↑

Mon May 17, 2021 10:04 am

Bob78164 wrote: ↑

Mon May 17, 2021 9:18 am

Estonut wrote: ↑

Mon May 17, 2021 8:19 am

What kind of "upscale" restaurant offers coupons?

In my area, Fogo do Chao and Flemings, among others.

Fogo de Chao is kind of a Golden Corral where they carve the meat at your table and charge you five times as much for a meal.

silverscreenselect wrote: ↑

Mon May 17, 2021 10:04 am

Bob78164 wrote: ↑

Mon May 17, 2021 9:18 am

Estonut wrote: ↑

Mon May 17, 2021 8:19 am

What kind of "upscale" restaurant offers coupons?

In my area, Fogo do Chao and Flemings, among others. --Bob

Fogo de Chao is kind of a Golden Corral where they carve the meat at your table and charge you five times as much for a meal.

Bob Juch wrote: ↑

Mon May 17, 2021 7:57 pm

silverscreenselect wrote: ↑

Mon May 17, 2021 10:04 am

Bob78164 wrote: ↑

Mon May 17, 2021 9:18 am

In my area, Fogo do Chao and Flemings, among others. --Bob

Fogo de Chao is kind of a Golden Corral where they carve the meat at your table and charge you five times as much for a meal.

It's a Brazillian rodízio restaurant. I've eaten at the one in Las Vegas. It was good, but the similar one in the Planet Hollywood Miracle Mile was better. The one in the Mirage used to be good, but the last time I went there, it was terrible.

silverscreenselect wrote: ↑

Mon May 17, 2021 10:04 am

Bob78164 wrote: ↑

Mon May 17, 2021 9:18 am

Estonut wrote: ↑

Mon May 17, 2021 8:19 am

What kind of "upscale" restaurant offers coupons?

In my area, Fogo do Chao and Flemings, among others. --Bob

Fogo de Chao is kind of a Golden Corral where they carve the meat at your table and charge you five times as much for a meal.

silverscreenselect wrote: ↑

Wed May 19, 2021 12:15 pm

About five customers did not have masks, but the vast majority (including me) were still wearing them.

Bob Juch wrote: ↑

Mon May 17, 2021 7:57 pm

silverscreenselect wrote: ↑

Mon May 17, 2021 10:04 am

Bob78164 wrote: ↑

Mon May 17, 2021 9:18 am

In my area, Fogo do Chao and Flemings, among others. --Bob

Fogo de Chao is kind of a Golden Corral where they carve the meat at your table and charge you five times as much for a meal.

It's a Brazillian rodízio restaurant. I've eaten at the one in Las Vegas. It was good, but the similar one in the Planet Hollywood Miracle Mile was better. The one n the Mirage used to be good, but the last time I went there, it was terrible.

BackInTex wrote: ↑

Wed May 19, 2021 1:20 pm

silverscreenselect wrote: ↑

Wed May 19, 2021 12:15 pm

About five customers did not have masks, but the vast majority (including me) were still wearing them.

Why? I thought you were all about "follow the science". While I'm sure the public appreciates not having to see your ugly mug ( ), the science and the CDC says a mask is of no use to you. And science also says wearing a mask when not needed is harmful as you are breathing in dirty air your body is designed to expel.

silverscreenselect wrote: ↑

Wed May 19, 2021 3:34 pm

BackInTex wrote: ↑

Wed May 19, 2021 1:20 pm

silverscreenselect wrote: ↑

Wed May 19, 2021 12:15 pm

About five customers did not have masks, but the vast majority (including me) were still wearing them.

Why? I thought you were all about "follow the science". While I'm sure the public appreciates not having to see your ugly mug ( ), the science and the CDC says a mask is of no use to you. And science also says wearing a mask when not needed is harmful as you are breathing in dirty air your body is designed to expel.

First, there is no "science" that says that wearing a mask is harmful. People in medical settings routinely wore masks all day before the pandemic. Second, wearing the mask isn't "of no use to you," although for someone in my situation, it's only minimally helpful. But the reason I was wearing the mask in Publix (and I think why many others were still wearing masks) was to try to keep everyone at ease while shopping there.