Most people not wearing masks here in Canada, at least where I am.
No change in my behaviour other than I now go out as normal. Still wear a mask when I’m out in public, sanitize when I get in the car and wash up when I get home. It’s permanent for me now.
I do take random students in my car pretty regularly and we don’t mask up for that though I did in the pandemic. If it’s a longer trip I ask everyone to test negative the day before. That’s not entirely rational but eh, gotta draw the line somewhere. Currently sitting in my vehicle waiting to pick up a student I dont know from toronto and won’t be masked for the hour drive. Try and be careful without making my whole life about it.
Also wish me luck that I dont get shot taking four newbs rabbit hunting lol.
I went to a wedding last week that was completely outdoors except the ceremony was in a barn. Masks were of course not required but I did see one or two. Which surprised me, since it was in a rural area that tends to have lower mask usage. Boots, however, were required due to the rain and mud. Which, according to the bride, made it a true country wedding.
I assumed it’s because people who wear masks incorrectly often wear them over their chins, as if that’s what they’re worried about exposing. Nothing to do with surname or ethnicity.
The surge in pediatric hospital admissions in Ontario, imo largely due to an immunity gap from several years of kids masking, has led to a recommendation to mask more, imo leading to a feedback loop there’s no way out of.
So the odd thing is that hospitalizations for RSV and the like are up in my area too, and we have been terrible at masking, and hardly ever required it for little kids.
I do think people are a lot more careful about what their infants are exposed to since Covid and to some extent before. One family that was active in our church didn’t come with their infant for 6 months bc they knew some other parents were antivaxxers. This was pre-Covid so I think that 6 months might be 2 years now.
There’s a shortage of infant and toddler Tylenol and aspirin in Ontario that makes it harder to manage fever at home a definitely isn’t helping matters in hospitals.
Well, we’re back to being careful again at home. No work-related christmas party here. Got a friend who’s birthday is next month, got shut down on having a crew over for that.
I worked out a compromise for the birthday party. Buddy loves to hunt, so I’ll take him and a crew hunting for the day. Then I’ll do a tailgate bbq back at the truck (heck, if we get something maybe I’ll cook it up) and my spouse will make a birthday cake. There, everyone happy.
If you mean that the immune system has slacked off, I don’t know of any legitimate medical people who tout this. Are there toddlers who normally would have been exposed to RSV before now that are now falling sick because they’re only now getting exposed? Probably. Given the work up for young babies with a fever not linked to a side effect of vaccination, anyone advocating exposure to exercise the immune system should get throat punched.