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> When threatened with a new virus which spreads through respiratory system it is a common sense to start covering nose and mouth

Two years ago they might have made sense. But in a post vaccine world where Covid is endemic? Why are we still wearing masks when anybody can get a vaccine? Who are we protecting at this point?

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Because vaccinated people can still get infected and transmit the decease further. It was evident with delta, and obvious with omicron.

So what? Everybody that wants to can be protected. Why again do we need to force vaccinated people to wear masks? When will they go away? If vaccines didn’t make them go away, what will?

Not everyone. There are people with compromised immune systems, who can't be protected with vaccines. They are at the mercy of vaccination status and masks of the people around them.

So when do masks go away?

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