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NPR interview Dr. Wen former head of planned parenthood now noted as public health professor at George Washington University about the recent change per mask from CDC – https://www.knkx.org/post/how-do-we-know-whether-people-without-masks-indoors-are-vaccinated

“I agree that people who are fully vaccinated are well protected themselves for the most part. There is an exception. That’s individuals who are immunocompromised, which is actually a lot of individuals. I mean, patients, for example, who have cancer and are on chemotherapy are not as well protected or people who have organ transplants or on immunosuppressants. That’s actually a lot of people as well. The other thing, too, is there are lots of unvaccinated individuals who actually are made less safe by this policy. I have two little kids. I have a 1-year-old and a 3-year-old. If I’m bringing them into the grocery store, they’re not vaccinated, not because I don’t believe in vaccinations. I would love for them to be vaccinated, but they can’t be.”

“I am still going to be cautious. I also live in an area where I think it will not be accepted if I don’t wear a mask because, again, you can’t tell if somebody is vaccinated or not. And I also want to be careful to protect those in the community who are the most vulnerable. I’m very fortunate that I’m well protected through vaccination, but children are not. Those who are immunocompromised are not fully. And I still think it’s a good idea for us to use an abundance of caution, especially to protect those who are more vulnerable.”

Rationale discussion – but mask BEFORE covid likely helped these individuals (immunocompromised). It wasn’t a long time ago US society made fun of Asian countries wearing mask. Now it would seem there is a strong trend to have US society wear mask as a permanent culture with the premise of helping the minority immunocompromised so they don’t have live in a bottle and have more freedom.

And so it has spread….Indian variant in Scotland…why unlabeled source what’s the deal with secrecy? – https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/scots-hospital-indian-variant-despite-24113860

“People in Scotland who have already been vaccinated against coronavirus are being treated in hospital for the new Indian variant.

This was one of the driving factors for the Scottish Government deciding to keep Glasgow in a higher level of lockdown, the Record can reveal.

A source told how there are believed to be six patients – who have had the vaccine – currently being treated for complications suspected to be related to the variant which has been deadly in India.”

Still India leading the global covid stats

At least both death and confirmation starting to go the other way

Still a long way for Mahaarshtra

FL leads confirmation for US MI leads death

Not many hotspots