75: Mask Rules

Mask rule updates, the lifelong struggle of untangling diet culture, and puppy training tips. Rockem Dog Training EAT TO EVOLVE DISCOUNT CODE JOYCLAIRE15 www.joyandclaire.com email: [email protected] instagram: joyandclaire_ This is Joy & Claire Episode 75: Mask Rules Episode Date: May 20, 2021 Transcription Completed: June 6, 2021 Audio Length: 53:17 minutes  Joy: Hey guys, this is Joy. Claire: And this is Claire. Joy: This is Joy and Claire. How’re we doing? How’s the mask wearing going? Because we just got the announcement this week from President Biden and the CDC that if you’re fully vaccinated, then you don’t have to wear a mask in “most” places. Claire: Right. Joy: I’m sure places can still mandate it if it’s business decision. Claire: A lot of places are, yeah. The thing that I’m seeing is a lot of businesses that are writing on their social media, hey listen, we don’t have the ability, nor do we want to have to ask everyone who comes in here to prove that they’re vaccinated. So for now, we don’t really trust y’all. Joy: Exactly. Claire: And so, a lot of places, like the coffee shop we go to, are saying still wear your mask because this is basically the honor system, and our employees don’t feel confident that only vaccinated people will not be wearing masks.  Joy: Right. We don’t trust the people not getting vaccinated to abide by the mask wearing. Claire: Yeah. I think that’s legit because I think a lot of people who are not interested in getting vaccinated… there’s a large overlap in my experience of talking to people – in the Venn diagram of people who are not interested in getting vaccinated – Joy: Be careful. Be careful. Claire: I know. And people who have been begrudgingly wearing masks. So, I think – Joy: Just saying there’s a Venn diagram that is overlapping. Claire: I think a lot of people out there would agree and have had that experience as well. I appreciate the businesses and will very much be interested to see what happens. I think that it’s great that the business still have their own ability to do that. It will also be interesting to see the businesses that are like, great, we don’t care. Maybe restaurants who are like, finally, this is going to make things so much easier for us. Like the gym I go to, which I’ve been talking about this whole time, has been so good about masks. They were the first ones to be like, “We don’t have to wear masks anymore. This is so amazing.” And I kind of was like, okay, you know, I’ll see how I feel. And everyone has said you can wear it if you want, but we all kind of know… it’s the mask thing. You wearing a mask doesn’t protect you from other people around you. It protects them from you.  Joy: Yes. Claire: So, it’s a little bit hard to be like, “You’ll be fine if you’re wearing a mask.” That’s not the case. And that’s been the problem this whole time is you can wear the mask as much as you want, but if the people around you aren’t wearing masks, then they’re not as effective or not effective in the same way. I’m feeling a little apprehensive about it.