MASK MANDATES CRUMBLING

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The CDC has finally bowed to reality, acknowledging that there is no reason for vaccinated people to wear masks indoors, let alone outdoors. Call me cynical, but my guess is the polling has gone South on mask mandates. People have had enough. Next thing you know, Joe Biden will take off his mask to celebrate his administration’s great victory over the coronavirus. Must have been those vaccines Biden was so instrumental in developing.

As Scott reported this morning, Minnesota’s proto-fascist governor, Tim Walz, has revoked his state’s mask mandate. His declared state of emergency remains in place, although no one can explain wherein the emergency lies. He just likes power.

Similarly, in South Carolina, where I am vacationing at the moment, the governor issued an executive order prohibiting county or local governments in the state from enforcing covid-related local mask mandates.

This leaves stores, bars, restaurants and other facilities in the position of deciding whether to stop requiring patrons to wear masks. I assume most of them will, soon. Today I had the happy experience of walking into a restaurant in Charleston and seeing that the people working there were not masked, nor were any of the customers. And one of my daughters reports having lunch today in a mask-free restaurant in Minnesota.

Competitive pressures will soon kick in. I will not frequent any restaurant, grocery store or other establishment that requires masks if there is a competitor within a one hour drive that does not do so. I am sure most others feel the same way. Let us leave the mask horror behind, as rapidly as possible. Let’s throw our masks into the fire and forget we ever wore them.

There are some people–I know this because of Twitter–who love wearing masks and are mortified to see the glorious masked era come to an end. These people have problems I would not undertake to diagnose, but my hope is that they soon will look very silly, a tiny remnant walking around incognito. Maybe someone will remember that it is actually illegal to wear a mask in public in Minnesota and some other states, the assumption being that you are on your way to rob a bank.

The hardest cases may be the airlines. For some reason, they are institutionally committed to covid. This may be the same perverse instinct that caused Delta to back the Democratic Party in Georgia. In any event, the airlines need to get their act together and tell their passengers to leave their masks at home. The tide of freedom is rising, and the airlines don’t want to be on the wrong side of history.

I don't like wearing masks either but it really wasn't the horror you make it out to be.

It's illegal to wear masks in public in some states? I guess the kids trick or treating must be really disappointed every Halloween.

I am not getting into any kind of freaking political discussions about Masks. That kind of thing (original post of this thread) does not belong in the Las Vegas section. So I will keep it to Las Vegas mask discussion.

In my 1 and a half days of playing, Friday and half day Saturday, since the mask mandate was lifted, I notice about 33% of players still wearing masks. Of the casinos I have been in, employees, including dealers have almost all been wearing masks. Don't think I have seen any employee not wearing a mask. I don't know if this is due to casino policy still being employees wear masks or what. casino employees do undergo a pretty rigorous covid testing policy, so employees might want to do everything they can to avoiding testing positive, which would still result in time off (unpaid I assume).

So far, for these 2 days, I have still worn a mask while playing blackjack. That isn't all about covid precautions. :rolleyes: And I would like to continue to wear a mask while playing until doing so makes me stand out. Unfortunately, I suspect that won't be long.

Didn't take long for blackjack tables to be open to full capacity rather than the 3 player limit. I believe that was lifted even before the mask thing though when the governor allowed casinos to go to 100%. I still see some rows of machines with chairs missing, but assume that will change pretty quickly too.

Later Today, taking Mom out for dinner at a casino restaurant, I suspect servers and waiters to be masked, but we shall see.

Went out to a club last night (non-casino related) and it was packed and no one wearing masks. Seems like pre-covid times. :)

You're an ignorant cunt. Scientists and doctors who are smarter than you'll ever be looked at data and determined that vaccinated individuals don't need to wear masks.

I sincerely hope you get covid and it doesn't kill you, but results in permanent damage to your body that negatively impacts your quality of life.

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Originally Posted by Darkoz

I don't like wearing masks either but it really wasn't the horror you make it out to be.

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What "horror" did I make it out to be?

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Originally Posted by kewlJ

I am not getting into any kind of freaking political discussions about Masks. That kind of thing (original post of this thread) does not belong in the Las Vegas section. So I will keep it to Las Vegas mask discussion.

In my 1 and a half days of playing, Friday and half day Saturday, since the mask mandate was lifted, I notice about 33% of players still wearing masks. Of the casinos I have been in, employees, including dealers have almost all been wearing masks. Don't think I have seen any employee not wearing a mask. I don't know if this is due to casino policy still being employees wear masks or what. casino employees do undergo a pretty rigorous covid testing policy, so employees might want to do everything they can to avoiding testing positive, which would still result in time off (unpaid I assume).

So far, for these 2 days, I have still worn a mask while playing blackjack. That isn't all about covid precautions. :rolleyes: And I would like to continue to wear a mask while playing until doing so makes me stand out. Unfortunately, I suspect that won't be long.

Didn't take long for blackjack tables to be open to full capacity rather than the 3 player limit. I believe that was lifted even before the mask thing though when the governor allowed casinos to go to 100%. I still see some rows of machines with chairs missing, but assume that will change pretty quickly too.

Later Today, taking Mom out for dinner at a casino restaurant, I suspect servers and waiters to be masked, but we shall see.

Went out to a club last night (non-casino related) and it was packed and no one wearing masks. Seems like pre-covid times. :)

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Thanks for the first person report.

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Originally Posted by Hawkesite

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Originally Posted by Darkoz

I don't like wearing masks either but it really wasn't the horror you make it out to be.

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What "horror" did I make it out to be?

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"Let us leave the mask horror behind" are your own words from the OP

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Originally Posted by Darkoz

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Originally Posted by Hawkesite

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Originally Posted by Darkoz

I don't like wearing masks either but it really wasn't the horror you make it out to be.

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What "horror" did I make it out to be?

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"Let us leave the mask horror behind" are your own words from the OP

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Not my words, the author's.

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Originally Posted by jdaewoo

You're an ignorant cunt. Scientists and doctors who are smarter than you'll ever be looked at data and determined that vaccinated individuals don't need to wear masks.

I sincerely hope you get covid and it doesn't kill you, but results in permanent damage to your body that negatively impacts your quality of life.

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Lol

What a moron