Are people going back to being very covid careful in your town because of the surge in cases from Delta?

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I live in a county with a very high vaccination rate (over 80% of adults) and a very low number of COVID-19 infections. In fact, we’ve been averaging between zero and one new cases per week for a couple of months now. Attendance at my gym was up (with no one wearing a mask), about one in every five or six people was wearing a mask at the grocery store, and the schools were saying the mask policy for the coming school year would depend on what the CDC’s guidance was when classes started. Over the past two weeks, however, I’ve seen gym attendance drop (though still not a lot of masks among those who are still working out), more than half of the people here are wearing masks to the grocery store, and the school has said that masks will be required for the upcoming school year regardless of CDC guidance. The schools have also allowed parents to change their decision regarding at home or in person schooling (since the county will be providing both options from here on out, even if COVID-19 goes away completely). This is despite the fact that there was a strict deadline precisely because of how much logistical work goes into accommodating everyone’s preferences. So as far as my area is concerned, I would say that the answer to your question is “yes.” People here are going back to being very careful, and I expect that trend to continue.

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