The answer to this, of course, is that you can’t know, but, that if you’re vaccinated, it doesn’t matter whether you know, because unvaccinated people can’t hurt you. Or, at least, that’s the answer if one assumes that the fear is medical in nature. But, of course, it’s not. It’s social. What Phang, Osterholm, and their many fellow travelers are really asking is, “Without masks, how will I know who to disrespect?” Evidently, the final transmutation of the virus has been from epidemiological marker to political totem.
I'm 90% with this, I hope everyone gets vaccinated (unless they have medical reasons not to do so) for their own good, but as I am vaccinated I'm not that worried about who else in the store or restaurant is. Consider, I've never once thought about who else is vaccinated for polio or whooping cough - because I am vaccinated I don't have to worry about it.
The one caveat that does linger in the back of my mind is the meta question, if large swaths of the population remain unvaccinated it does give the virus an opportunity to mutate and become something worse (which would be bad in general) and could overcome the current vaccine (which would be bad for me and my family). But how likely is that and how much time should I spend worrying about it?
I'm 90% with this, I hope everyone gets vaccinated (unless they have medical reasons not to do so) for their own good, but as I am vaccinated I'm not that worried about who else in the store or restaurant is. Consider, I've never once thought about who else is vaccinated for polio or whooping cough - because I am vaccinated I don't have to worry about it.
The one caveat that does linger in the back of my mind is the meta question, if large swaths of the population remain unvaccinated it does give the virus an opportunity to mutate and become something worse (which would be bad in general) and could overcome the current vaccine (which would be bad for me and my family). But how likely is that and how much time should I spend worrying about it?