It ain’t over yet.

Yesterday, on Twitter, one of the folks I follow retweeted this:

If you’re vaccinated and still wear a mask when you go out, please retweet this tweet. I just want to see how much common sense is still out there.

— Grande Capo (@VoLinxx) April 8, 2021

I generally do not retweet something just because someone told me to. I’m not a mindless robot. But this one really resonated with me, mostly because I’d seen a couple in Home Depot a few days before that who were maskless and I wanted to assume it was because they had been vaccinated — and not because they were complete assholes idiots. Apparently some folks believe that because they’ve been vaccinated, they can’t get/carry/spread COVID-19.

This is not true.

So I retweeted it. And then I replied:

Why would I stop wearing a mask when (1) the pandemic is still raging and (2) no vaccine has 100% efficacy?

— maria IS VACCINATED langer 🚁😷🇺🇸 (@mlanger) April 8, 2021

This response triggered two virus-denying assholes idiots to respond. One insinuated that it was impossible to “enjoy life” with a mask on.

Huh?

First of all, let me clarify something. I don’t wear a mask at home. I don’t wear a mask while socializing (with some amount of distance) with my vaccinated friends and neighbors. I don’t wear a mask while driving. I don’t wear a mask anywhere that there’s no chance of swapping a significant amount of breathing air with someone I don’t know — for example, outdoors when I’m away from people. I basically wear a mask when I go shopping for groceries, hardware, etc. or talk to someone at my truck/Jeep/car window (think coffee, fast food, vet appointment). I wear a mask when I’m among strangers.

I don’t consider that a hardship. I also don’t believe it impacts my ability to “enjoy life.”

I have to wonder about people who make idiotic comments about a mask impacting their ability to “enjoy life.” Where do they think they need to wear their mask? What kind of mask are they wearing? Would they prefer to skip the mask and possibly get/spread COVID-19?

I’m sure that a person’s ability to “enjoy life” would be impacted by a COVID-19 infection, whether it’s their own infection or the infection of a friend or loved one who got it because of their selfish stupidity.

Wear a damn mask! It ain’t over yet.