Sullivan compares COVID to AIDS, Camus, and . One person thinking through what vaccination & far fewer fatalities mean. When to stop masking? Will we? The thinking through is the point, but for summary, he concludes:
So get vaccinated. Then use reason. The point is to get back to normal life, not to perpetuate the damaging patterns of plague life. So take off your masks, if you want. Plan parties for vaccinated friends. Get your vacation plans ready. And stop the constant judging and moralizing of people with masks and those without. Summer is coming. Let’s celebrate it.
Individual thresholds may vary - but I endorse his call not to get attached to plague life, as many of Camus' villagers did.
Note: discusses condoms, and the interesting but imperfect analogy to face masks, esp. as the plague is beaten.