boute001 wrote: squirecam wrote: boute001 wrote:
It was strange to me that they did not have any responses for people that are choosing not to get vaccinated but also fully support a mask mandatory con so that everyone would feel more comfortable. The questions seemed very much full of assumptions.
I've seen many people who say they will not be vaccinated...Most of them are not wearing masks.To me, its a fair assumption by Gencon.
so you assuming all people not feeling comfortable with getting the vaccine is against all forms of health and safety is as ignorant as me saying all people that took the vaccine will have 2 masks on and latex gloves while walking down the aisle at the con in a clear bubble. I don’t see the purpose of sending out another survey to gauge people’s feelings about safety while stereotyping people based on their personal comfort level of the vaccine. The entire group I plan to attend the con with are all currently not vaccinated but wear masks everyone we go. So maybe be more open minded that there is a much larger % of people in this category than you experience in your small opinionated sample size.
To tentatively replace these anecdotes with statistics, a
survey recently published in the New York Times shows four categories of people who are not vaccinated:
8% of respondents are concerned about vaccine safety
9% want the vaccine but don't have access (e.g. can't afford a day off work)
4% don't trust the public health system
14% don't believe COVID is real/dangerous.
If we assume that the first three groups are mostly wearing masks, they somewhat outnumber the non-masked group.