New CDC recommendations

Oh, I agree. I know that we will need to wear ours a lot longer than the general public, and are fine with that. But I hope this continues drop enough, and that more treatments are approved, that the general public doesn’t need them unless they are infected (or unvaccinated but that’s just me I know it won’t happen).

I just thought that with the mandate probably being lifted soon that they might have mentioned any exceptions and how they were going to be handled. When I read the article I thought maybe a classroom that could be accessed by the outside, with a restroom, might be used to at least allow the students to be in the school environment if not in their classrooms. But then the issue of what teachers and staff would need to be available…it just sucks all-around and I was curious about any solutions that may have been considered.

Given that my daughter's school can't seem to figure out what to do with her asthma and a kid who wears too much body spray, I'd guess at our school, not a damn thing. (Daughter is having severe, almost-call-911 asthma attacks that are sending her home from school every other day due to a kid in her biology's class's body spray. We're about to start flinging around the big words like ADA and IDEA, because my kid missing half of every other school day is not getting her an education.) Sorry, I didn't mean to make it about us, but I truly mean what I said. Schools won't have a clue how to deal with the kids who need masking to stay in place, and I'm sure Abbott will make it extra-illegal to require anything because Abbott.

Any guesses on whether the FAA will go along with the new guidance and drop mask requirements in airport and on airplanes? I really hope so.

I think I'm ready for masking to be over, but now I'll have to be extra careful about plucking my chin hairs. A mask really made that less of a priority.

I am hoping that our governor in NYS lifts for schools or gives the schools the right to. Our % is below 2% consistently

I went to the store and didn’t wear a mask for the first time - I was in the minority though. I’ll admit I’d love for the mask requirement on flights to be gone before I have to fly across the country in April.

That's great news for the vaccinated and boosted population! I wish the anti vaxxers would still have to wear masks, but they probably didn't wear them to begin with.

My husband and I will still have to wear masks. We see people with Trump flags flying on their trucks every day, so lots of anti vaxxers here. Neither of us can afford to get covid or get sick, even if it is just like a mild cold (we are both vaccinated and boosted). He has a very busy and stressful job that he can't afford to miss work. I am taking care of our disabled/incontinent German Shepherd and it's physically and mentally exhausting enough.

You know that's one place where I think I'll still mask. We just flew a couple weeks ago and I really still didn't like all those people in my space for 3+ hours - I know, I know - good air filtration yada yada yada 

It's a public HS so not really a thing by that point. They figure high schoolers know how to handle it, which I see as true to a point, but won't be the case in every situation. And that's basically the case here - DD is authorized to self-carry her inhaler, has an asthma action plan, etc. But she needs help beyond that in this case.



This is a newly developing situation, so to be fair, I don't think the student in question even knows. But everyone is acting like, oooh, we can't be rude and ask her not to wear it. No, but you can say you don't give a crap if my kid can breathe? I think they just don't get that it isn't an issue of not liking a particular fragrance (ironically, my daughter says she actually likes the smell!) or of it giving someone a headache (which I understand because I can have this issue). It's NO OXYGEN GETTING TO THE LUNGS, which is really not a good thing for silly things like, oh, survival. We've so far been offered the helpful suggestions of have DD wear a better mask and have her sit in a different place in the classroom. She already wears an N95 mask (because of asthma!) and sits in the far front corner of the classroom. Maybe if she just sits in a different room altogether, it's not a problem? /s

I have worn earrings every day of my life since getting them pierced in elementary school. I stopped wearing them because of masks and now I think they look and feel weird. I keep trying to wear them and eventually just take them off. 🙁

I wear earrings every day - dangly beaded earrings, big hoops, small hoops, studs. I’ve never had an issue with masks. I don’t know why most other people have issues and I don’t (and I think I’d feel naked without earrings lol).