My Life During Covid-19
Jun. 28th, 2021 01:53 amPersonally, I've continued to take the maximal possible precautions for covid-19 that I'm capable of despite being fully vaccinated. In particular, this means I typically double mask and wear a face shield whenever I leave my home as well as employ physical distancing from other people, and avoid all unnecessary trips inside public buildings and transit. The last is especially important as lack of adequate ventilation is one of the biggest risk factors for covid-19, and it's one that's largely outside of my control as an individual.
I get all my necessities delivered or mailed to me (though I avoid those services that deliver from restaurants and grocery stores due to how much they exploit their workers and how expensive they are). I rely primarily on produce and pantry foods now as a result, though I can get the occassional refrigerated good ice-packed and delivered to me. I check out ebooks from the library. While I go out regularly now, it's only to outdoor spaces like parks.
I don't really even miss things like eating in restaurants anymore, though I wouldn't be opposed to if I felt it was safe again. Though I have no idea when I'll think it's safe again. I'm glad I have the added protection of being fully vaccinated, but given that one or more vaccines are known to be slightly less effective at preventing people from catching the Delta variant of covid-19 and we don't yet know how long immunity from the vaccine lasts even for the original version of the virus, I don't think it's a bad idea to be cautious. I'd rather be overly cautious than not cautious enough.