And the mask-wearing crowd is not going to throw off their mask after one dose. All we’re doing is making especially younger people (who will infect others) wonder why bother jumping through so much hoops etc. if nothing will change. Not protecting masking, not helping update.
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You were right on and I amplified you as much as I could, as in the below tweet. But I do think people need affirmative guidance on what to do after being vaccinated. Doesn’t mean positive messages can’t be amplified in other ways.https://twitter.com/notdred/status/1243918345973501955?s=21 …
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Right now, the weirdly overwhelming message is “vaccine won’t change things” and, for unfathomable reasons, some weird focus on not taking masks off (when it’s not happening nor is it a threat!). We face a really tough few months and emphasizing the endgame is crucial.
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Yeah I feel like anytime anyone dares to fantasize about what they'll do after the vaccine, a bunch of people pop up to say, "You'll keep wearing your mask and social distancing, THAT'S what you'll do." It's like they're trying to murder hope.
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When I point this out, many MDs/academics tell me that’s not the message out there. That is absolutely the message out there. We should have church bells ringing in honor of these vaccines not a zillion articles lecturing the miniscule number of people with two doses about masks.
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We tweeted to each other about this yesterday, but if the point is we need to communicate a pathway to the end that people can visualize, no argument at all there. And I agree that many have been unnecessarily pessimistic, including by focusing on things like the herd immunity %
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Here are the headlines- there are literally dozens of these. This should be the footnote not the leading point about these. https://www.google.com/amp/s/khn.org/news/article/5-reasons-to-wear-a-mask-even-after-youre-vaccinated/amp/ … https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/01/12/956051995/why-you-should-still-wear-a-mask-and-avoid-crowds-after-getting-the-covid-19-vac … https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/12/08/health/covid-vaccine-mask.amp.html … https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/12/14/health/mask-covid-19-safety-vaccine-wellness/index.html …
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Replying to @AaronRichterman @notdred and
Headlines. Articles. Viral tweets by experts. Piling on anyone who dares emphasize the hopeful. It’s antivaxxers who send all this everywhere. It’s the nonsense that if we don’t do this, people will just take off their masks—misunderstands the problem with remaining nonmaskers.
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We do not have a problem with the currently masking people throwing off their masks too early that we somehow need to spend energy on now, but we have a problem with even HCW not taking up vaccines when offered and people at their wits end losing hope and giving up completely.
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The truth is that if I thought I was going to be living the way I'm living now for another 10 months I'd probably give up completely.
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Yeah. I’m sorry. I know many people feel that way right now, which is why I’m bothered that we don’t emphasize the endgame enough. The vaccines have exceeded our hopes in efficacy, and despite early rollout issues, the US is privileged has decent incoming supply. Hang in there.
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I’m very concerned about the possibilities of vaccine “escape” by new mutations, however. I hope there will soon be reassuring info, i.e. that the vaccines can be tweaked to cover new strains.
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