Originally Posted by
flyingdutchdevil
I just became a parent. For the first two months of my boy's life, I was pretty cautious. We tried to avoid being indoors too long, we tried to avoid too many guests, etc. And this wasn't because of COVID; this was because of pertussis (whooping cough). Our pedestrian told us to be cautious because pertussis is devastating for infants. Once he got that DTaP vaccine, we got the green light from the pedestrian to change our behavior. And we did change. We went out to restaurants. We went to stores. We had guests galore. From talking to parents pre and post COVID, this is the norm.
But, truth be told, DTaP breakthrough cases also happen with children. That doesn't stop the parents from changing behavior.
Now, COVID is much more prevalent and much more top of mind than pertussis. But that "vaccine means I get to change my behavior" is still there and absolutely impacts federal, local, and indoor mandates. Vaccine + mask is certainly the best, but many, kinda like the pertussis example, feel that a vaccine is good enough.
And in full disclosure, whether it's right or wrong, I think a vaccine is good enough. But I'm not going to argue with anyone who wants me to wear a mask; I'll just wear one if it's required.