Rebecca Kee, another San Francisco resident, has seen how divisive the new guidance can be.
After the CDC said fully vaccinated people don’t need masks outside last week, she decided to walk barefaced in her neighborhood.
Then a man with two children, all masked, darted into the street to avoid her. When she told him there was new guidance, the man told Kee she was lying and he hoped her family would get sick and die.
“It shook me to my core and made me really feel horrible,” said Kee, 38. “I think in a time of deep instability and real fear, the mask became a symbol of caring for your neighbor that we all clung to.”
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