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Mar. 5th, 2022 08:22 amYesterday, my county's weekly covid case rate finally dropped below 100 per 100k. With the 7-day TPR average at 3.61%, that moves us down to the orange tier for both the old CDC tracker and the YLE chart. Both recommend at this point that everyone wear a mask.
OTOH, the CDC's new "Community Levels" metric, which is based on case rates and hospitalizations rather than case rates and positivity rates, puts my county in its green tier, where even immunocompromised people are not encouraged to mask up.
I've already decided to wear a mask everywhere through the end of GameStorm at least, but I'm practicing my explanation in case someone takes it on themself to inform me that the mandate is over after next Friday. I can tell them quite truthfully that I have a big event coming up which has been delayed by two years, and I am absolutely not getting sick and missing it after all this time.
OTOH, the CDC's new "Community Levels" metric, which is based on case rates and hospitalizations rather than case rates and positivity rates, puts my county in its green tier, where even immunocompromised people are not encouraged to mask up.
I've already decided to wear a mask everywhere through the end of GameStorm at least, but I'm practicing my explanation in case someone takes it on themself to inform me that the mandate is over after next Friday. I can tell them quite truthfully that I have a big event coming up which has been delayed by two years, and I am absolutely not getting sick and missing it after all this time.
