Links: That delta variant

I'm giving serious thought to what changes to make because of the delta variant surge. I never stopped wearing a mask indoors, while shopping, etc., so I'll keep doing that. I think I will not go on car rides to start bike rides with the friend who's "tired of hearing about the pandemic" and "no one else was wearing a mask in the store so I didn't either, because I'm vaccinated." *sigh* I understand that we are all at different places with processing pandemic changes, but I'm disappointed at the position he's currently taking.

I got contacted by a new client who said she's fully vaccinated, agreed on an appointment, and then she canceled when I said we'd both be masked. Whut? Lady, there's a pandemic! I think I'm going to stop accepting new clients during this surge. I'm hoping not to have to close my practice entirely again, both for my sake and the sake of my current clients.

I really wish people would stop saying, "Vaccinated people are unlikely to catch covid, so they're unlikely to transmit it once infected." Those are two different things! Delta changes the first, and apparently also the second, although I never saw a credible analysis that breakthrough infections weren't transmissible before delta. "Asymptomatic infections aren't contagious" was wrong in February and March 2020. Why are we making the exact same mistake AGAIN?

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