Do those disease have the same fatality rates for people like my mom? Are they as transmissible? No and no.

As soon as restrictions are lifted, I'm done (unless a store requests it).

Pretty much once the experts start saying its safe i'll go without.

Why is it wrong to question what is injected into your body? I don’t know that someone should be ridiculed for wanting to be fully informed.

You are implying that the flu, pneumonia and even the common cold aren’t dangerous for someone with “severe respiratory issues” as you described your mom’s condition?

Those are all dangerous/contagious respiratory diseases for someone with “severe respiratory issues”.

So again, did you and/or your mom wear a mask before COVID-19 to protect against those contagious respiratory illnesses?

It’s a simple yes/no question.

No, it's absolutely not wrong. Which is why there is a plethora of information about mRNA to inform those that may question. If you still don't feel comfortable after reading that material, that's ok.

From your article.

We hope for a strong T and B cell response my man. Not only for people like your Mom, but for all of us.

Forever

I don't wear one unless I'm required to by a store that I need to go into.
Can't really not wear one at this point since every place I need to go requires it.

Well, hopefully in the end, enough people get it in order to lift the mask mandates and restrictions.

It's sadly ironic that some of the loudest people against the things they don't have control over aren't ensuring the actions they do have control over are going towards the common goal of normalcy.

And on the flip side, the "sheep" they've been complaining at for all these months are now the ones who will get vaccinated and get everything back to normal.

But anyway, I do think once everyone who wants it has the opportunity to get it, we should open up everything and hope for the best... I think the "zero deaths" benchmark is a bit much. If the number of people who could have serious complications from Covid is reduced by the x% of the population, there really shouldn't be any concern for healthcare to get overrun again.

I have given alot of thought to this because I have been fully vaccinated since early January. But I still wear a mask when I am out in public around people and probably will continue to do so for awhile longer.

I will probably also start wearing a mask during cold\flu season because this is the first time in a decade I haven't been sick and flu illnesses have dropped like a rock across the country. I dread going back into the office and being around people coughing and hacking all day like they were doing pre March 2020.

I'm really not anti science. Many here view me as such because I believe the Word of God over unproven theories about the origin of life. Science has done many gray things. I am a big fan of the works of Nikola Tesla and plenty of other science when it doesn't conflict with the Bible.
In answer to your question, I am a network tech. I work with fiber and routers for a living.

I didn't really see a poll option that fit me.

I view mask wearing the same now as I always have - as a courtesy to others.

Even though our state has lifted restrictions, there are still business that ask us to wear masks and so I do when I visit those businesses.

As long as it makes other people feel better that I'm wearing a mask, I will wear a mask.

It isn't about me. Life isn't about me and my feelings.

You've literally used this argument before endlessly in trying to pretend that you're clever in an effort to box people into something that you feel is contradictory.

It's not apples to apples for the reasons I mentioned. But to answer your question, my mother was finally diagnosed with her condition only a couple years ago. She was forced to moved cross country to a climate that was more suitable for her. She has taken great pains to equip her house with furniture and pillows that don't cause her issues to act up. Prior to covid she had reduced some of her interactions in public places. I had only seen my mother twice during this period, and if I had felt sick, I wouldn't have been around her.

The virus is more easily transmitted and it's more deadly for her. And obviously, most of us have evolved in terms of our thoughts on public health over the past year. You can conveniently ignore all of that.

What specific "side effects" to mRNA are even theoretically possible that cause worry?