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Vaccinated but wary, Washingtonians start to emerge from isolation
Washington Post ^ | MAY 10, 2021 | By Paul Schwartzman

Posted on 05/10/2021 9:22:19 AM PDT by conservative98

“It’s a little strange to see people,” said Laura, 64, among the 2,000 visitors who got timed-entry tickets Thursday.

“I’m still anxious being in public,” she acknowledged from behind her mask, taking in her surroundings with the tentativeness of a visitor to an alien planet. “You don’t know who’s vaccinated.”

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During the winter, when she went outside alone with nothing on her face, a jogger ran by and sneered, “ ‘Nice mask!’ or something like that,” recalled Campbell, a program specialist who lives in Columbia Heights.

Then and now, she said, her choice of going maskless was dictated by scientific evidence that suggested it wasn’t necessary if she was outdoors and distanced from others.

“It shouldn’t have bothered me, but no one likes to feel judged,” she said. “I’m still looking around and thinking, ‘Are people judging me?’ ”

Marcie Cohen, a retiree who was vaccinated in March, wore a mask as she walked on L Street the other day, her black-and-white hoop earrings matching her black-and-white striped shirt.

The street was empty except for two other pedestrians.

[‘I almost made it’: Close to a vaccine, these Americans got covid-19 instead]

Cohen said she hates her mask for fogging up her glasses and forcing her to inhale her own breath. But she knows of no other way to protect herself.

When she sees someone without a mask, Cohen said, she walks up to them and pulls on her own to remind them of what she considers their civic obligation.

“You can say I’m paranoid, I guess,” she said. “But I want to be careful. Extra careful.”

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1 posted on 05/10/2021 9:22:19 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

There are two types of people in the world:

Maskless.
Faceless.


2 posted on 05/10/2021 9:25:25 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: conservative98

“I’m still anxious being in public,” she acknowledged from behind her mask, taking in her surroundings with the tentativeness of a visitor to an alien planet. “You don’t know who’s vaccinated.”

Pitiful.


3 posted on 05/10/2021 9:26:06 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: conservative98

This kind of thinking or lack thereof:

““I’m still anxious being in public,” she acknowledged from behind her mask, taking in her surroundings with the tentativeness of a visitor to an alien planet. “You don’t know who’s vaccinated.””

and

“Cohen said she hates her mask for fogging up her glasses and forcing her to inhale her own breath. But she knows of “ no other way to protect herself.””

When she sees someone without a mask, Cohen said, she walks up to them and pulls on her own to remind them of what she considers their civic obligation.


4 posted on 05/10/2021 9:28:25 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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To: bk1000

> Pitiful.

I like the word “pathetic” better. Pitiful would imply I feel pity. ;-)


5 posted on 05/10/2021 9:35:28 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: conservative98

“I’m still anxious being in public,” she acknowledged from behind her mask, taking in her surroundings with the tentativeness of a visitor to an alien planet. “You don’t know who’s vaccinated.”

Mission accomplished.


6 posted on 05/10/2021 9:36:41 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Socialism- Institutionalized Deprivation)
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To: rktman

[[[When she sees someone without a mask, Cohen said, she walks up to them and pulls on her own to remind them of what she considers their civic obligation.]]]

And after all this, she can still summon the absolute strength to be a “Karen”.


7 posted on 05/10/2021 9:38:33 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Socialism- Institutionalized Deprivation)
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To: conservative98

Actually Ms Campbell, I don’t give a rat’s ass if people are “judging” me. Only a weak minded person lives for the approval of others.

Judging = libspeak for not approving


8 posted on 05/10/2021 9:38:37 AM PDT by meowmeow (In Loving Memory of Our Dear Viking Kitty (1987-2006))
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To: conservative98

2 different women being quoted here but definitely conflicting information

>>During the winter, when she went outside alone with nothing on her face, a jogger ran by and sneered, “ ‘Nice mask!’ or something like that,” recalled Campbell, a program specialist who lives in Columbia Heights.
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>>Then and now, she said, her choice of going maskless was dictated by scientific evidence that suggested it wasn’t necessary if she was outdoors and distanced from others.
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>>“It shouldn’t have bothered me, but no one likes to feel judged,” she said. “I’m still looking around and thinking, ‘Are people judging me?’ ”
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>>..When she sees someone without a mask, Cohen said, she walks up to them and pulls on her own to remind them of what she considers their civic obligation.


9 posted on 05/10/2021 9:40:44 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. L)
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To: headstamp 2

Well guess what ‘karen’. My first obligation is to make sure I AM OK! Maybe she can volunteer for the mask popo forces.


10 posted on 05/10/2021 9:41:05 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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To: headstamp 2

She probably would have quickly entered a gas chamber if told to do so.


11 posted on 05/10/2021 9:42:00 AM PDT by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media.)
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To: conservative98

“I’m still anxious being in public,” she acknowledged”

So stay the eff home, Karen! Lock yourself in with your 10 cats and keep safe.

But don’t tell me I have to wear a freaking face diaper.


12 posted on 05/10/2021 9:42:08 AM PDT by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuitss)
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To: conservative98

“Land of the Free Home of the.....” - yeah, right.


13 posted on 05/10/2021 9:53:13 AM PDT by TTFlyer (Vote harder, sucker. Yeah, that's the ticket. ..)
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To: Mouton

She probably would have complained about the color of the concentration camp trains—but then gotten on board anyway.


14 posted on 05/10/2021 9:55:41 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: conservative98
I am reserved and leery of people, too ... even as things "open up" ....

But, it has NOTHING to do with this virus itself, per se ...

15 posted on 05/10/2021 10:07:24 AM PDT by Rocky Mountain Wild Turkey ("I have an open mind ... just not so open that my brain falls out onto the floor!!")
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To: bk1000

You don’t know who’s vaccinated.”
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Stupid is as stupid does,.....taking a synthetic, experimental MRNA jab for a virus that is now more than 99.8 percent survivable is not to smart, fear effects the human thought process, Americans have been played by a sinister agenda.


16 posted on 05/10/2021 10:48:55 AM PDT by delta7
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To: rktman
FU Karen!

I am so sick of these people.

17 posted on 05/10/2021 10:59:34 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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I’m fed up with these Pearl-clutching morons. They should just stay home, have a shot of Clorox, with a Purcell chaser.


18 posted on 05/10/2021 11:48:51 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: conservative98

These are the whimpering ciphers who daily exercise control over us.


19 posted on 05/10/2021 1:57:21 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard (resist the narrative.)
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When she sees someone without a mask, Cohen said, she walks up to them and pulls on her own to remind them of what she considers their civic obligation.

Nah.

20 posted on 05/10/2021 1:58:34 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (GOP-free since 10/9/20)
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