Again another false dichotomy. Wearing a mask and social distancing doesn’t preclude you from new experiences. One could argue living to have more masked experiences is more experiences. Having more people living to share those experiences with, is more experiences.
It’s just until the big waves of infection and death stop. That will happen when people take the threat seriously and take precautions. Maybe it will take another mutation that causes a great disturbance in public health to get Floridamen on board, but we will have to wait for them before we can call this over because the virus isn’t going to burn out on its own.
I go outdoors and hike beautiful coasts and mountains, enjoy properly socially distanced dining outdoors, and follow the guidelines given by CDC. I go out a lot but I manage the risk accordingly. There are lots of people that don’t want to take a single precaution. It’s like saying “I don’t want to wear a condom having casual sex”, eventually that person is going to get herpes or hpv. I guess I realize now why those diseases are so common is because many people fail to take precautions so they can have “more experiences”.
> Wearing a mask and social distancing doesn’t preclude you from new experiences.
You really can't think of any activity that is diminished by wearing a mask ?
210 Million people (64%) have already been vaccinated in the US, and children aren't even eligible. At some point there is an acceptable level of risk. When do these 'temporary safety precautions' stop?
We are patiently waiting for Floridamen to start participating in public health. Until then we will continue the precautions. Eventually enough people will die and they will come around.
Seems like you buy into the media narratives more than data... For most of Covid Florida's performance has been middle of the pack in the US despite having a large elderly population. They've slipped recently but still are only the 12th highest state deaths per population [1].
Plenty of other red or blue states that have done worse.
It’s just a symbol, it doesn’t need to be taken literally. After all the reason Floridamen exist as a meme is because of public disclosures of crimes by the state police.
