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TaKun782 posted...

I see...with that being said, im a bit skeptical on the vaccine itself after hearing from people close to me ending up with blood clots.

You're about 1000 times more likely to get a blood clot every time you fly in a plane than from the AZ vaccine. It's a risk that's worth considering, but in practice you're very unlikely to encounter the effect and it's going to be far riskier to remain unvaccinated.

TaKun782 posted...

From what i dont seem to understand is that when someone is fully vacinated, why wear the mask at all if you are?

In truth, masks aren't really needed at that point. They help to stamp out the remaining risk of infection (vaccines are never 100% effective) and limit your ability to act as an asymptomatic carrier (it's pretty well established that being vaccinated reduces your risk of transmitting the virus, but it's not completely certain just how significant that reduction is), but the vaccine is doing all of the heavy lifting there and the mask is mostly just an extra precaution.

In practice, however, there's really no practical way to enforce "masks are required unless you're vaccinated." People will happily lie about being vaccinated to avoid having to wear a mask, and even if they don't, those responsible for enforcing the mandate are generally going to be less inclined to confront maskless individuals if there's a plausible excuse for not wearing the mask than if there isn't. Masks continue to be required not because they make a huge difference to vaccinated individuals' safety, but because relaxing those requirements would inevitably lead to increased transmission.

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