I saw a movie several years ago about a kid who had a rare auto-immune disease that made it very dangerous for him to even walk outside his house. The slightest little infection or disease could be fatal. In order for him to be able to explore the outside world, he was provided a “bubble” which could keep all the germs away. This bubble did protect him and he was able to see the world outside his front door, but at the same time, he was still missing a great deal of human interaction.
I'm not one to criticize anyone for how they choose to live their life. As long as you are nice to kids, puppies and old people, you have a better than average chance of being “A-okay” in my book. At the same time, I can't help but believe there are a lot of people who are missing out on a lot of life because they are stuck being the boy in the bubble. I know this COVID thing has been devastating to many people. As far as I know, I have been fortunate enough to have avoided it. If I have had it, it must have been a quick, mild case of it. I did have the vaccine, because I figured, for myself, the potential benefits outweighed the risks. I know there are people who feel differently, and that is okay with me. I don't feel threatened by someone who doesn't feel getting vaccinated is the right thing for them, for whatever reason. If my vaccine protects me (and I feel it does), then it doesn't matter that much to me what your “status” happens to be. Same thing with those masks that have enamored so many people. I understand someone making a fashion statement with a face covering. I also agree that there are some folks who need to be wearing a mask, even without a pandemic going around. But what I don't understand are these folks who feel that they have the right to insist that I cover my face. If my vaccination protects me, and your mask protects you, why do you feel you have to tell me to wear a mask? Especially when it is still undetermined just how much good those masks do in the first place. If it makes you feel better to wear a mask over your face, then, by all means, go around town as “the masked man.” For me, I don't wear one for religious reasons, It'd be a sin for me to cover this face up.
Again, I am not going to tell someone else how to live their life. There's way too much of that going around as it is. But I would like to see more people showing a bit more boldness. I really do think it will be okay. I don't think you need to be the boy in the bubble any longer.