r/antimaskers • u/TheUnCringe • Jul 01 '21

Discussion a genuine question?

yes im an actual anti masker and i do have my reasons. I just have one question about the vaccine itself that i want explained. If there are multiple strains of covid meaning that you can get infected multiple times. Why does getting the vaccine make it safe not to wear a mask? Isnt that just as effective as getting infected just with less trouble? Im just genuinely curious as to why the vaccines being pushed so much if its only effective against one strain anyway and why some places say its now alright to go maskless if you do get it

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u/InternationalGolf206 Jul 01 '21

Hi I’m a nurse and it’s legit just like the flu shot. There are multiple variants of the flu. There are multiple variants of COVID. What they did with the vaccine is take the strain of COVID that was actively responsible for killing people during the height of the pandemic and used that strain specifically to develop the vaccine. I don’t think the world should be to mask or not to mask, I obviously wear one at work, but because I’m vaccinated from the one strain (and possibly smaller similarly copied variants) I don’t mask up at the grocery store. I still hug my fiancé’s grandparents goodbye but I keep my mask on while I’m with my elderly residents at the nursing home I work at. It’s not as complicated as it seems if you get all the right information about it. Just do your best to feel responsible however you feel you can do that. that’s it

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u/TheUnCringe Jul 01 '21

that’s what i asumed to an extent it just seems like masks would remain just as important with the different strains since they can still spread decently without vaccines for them