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by throwawayfear 1700 days ago
Anyone wanting to do this doesn't need to know someone else's choices except by asking in private. Feel free to distance yourself from anyone not meeting your conditions. Whereas in general public, wear a mask and social distance.

Imposing these "rights" onto the general public is Nanny State hall monitoring on steroids, enacted and enforced by people who...we no longer have any reason to trust. Why can't we trust them? Because their entire schpiel over the last year about getting to herd immunity and endemic covid has gone out the window as of late. They are dragging their feet on acknowledging reality. Here's sources explaining why:

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01442-9

"Had COVID? You’ll probably make antibodies for a lifetime"

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article25398704...

"More than 80% of Americans have coronavirus antibodies acquired through infection or vaccination, according to a new study of over 1.4 million blood donations across the U.S."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-08-27/previous-...

"Previous Covid Prevents Delta Infection Better Than Pfizer Shot"

The picture that emerges is clear. These "temporary" mandates no longer have a basis in reality.