Boating related?

[rgano]

Yes, I think this is, and because people want to know with whom they are dealing, I am ordering a bunch of these to wear and give out to friends and family as they comply with common sense. Anti-vaxers and others with zero common sense need not apply.

 

[menzies]

Yes, I think this is, and because people want to know with whom they are dealing, I am ordering a bunch of these to wear and give out to friends and family as they comply with common sense. Anti-vaxers and others with zero common sense need not apply.

What will this change? Will people both wearing yellow buttons now shake hands, hug, kiss?

I won't be changing my behavior towards people just because they are wearing a yellow button.

 

[BruceK]

.... Anti-vaxers and others with zero common sense need not apply.

but may make you a target of abuse.

 

[markpierce]

Why rely on the truthfulness of a button?

 

[Lou_tribal]

I was often wearing this badge when going to clubs at night, but unfortunately no babe believed it was me

https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.1172387109.0458/ur,pin_large_front,square,600x600.u1.jpg

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[menzies]

I was often wearing this badge when going to clubs at night, but unfortunately no babe believed it was me

https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.1172387109.0458/ur,pin_large_front,square,600x600.u1.jpg

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Wouldn't have helped you anyways 'cos he smells!

 

[Lou_tribal]

Few years later I switched to this one but it did not work either

https://i.redd.it/8cajh1h84nr01.jpg

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[BruceK]

Few years later I switched to this one but it did not work either

https://i.redd.it/8cajh1h84nr01.jpg

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Is there a "Vasectomized" badge?

 

[Lou_tribal]

Is there a "Vasectomized" badge?

Here you go my friend hope it will help you [emoji2]

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[MurrayM]

What will this change? Will people both wearing yellow buttons now shake hands, hug, kiss?

I won't be changing my behavior towards people just because they are wearing a yellow button.

Exactly.

What if they just came through a door previously opened by a contagious person who coughs into their hand? I won't be shaking hands for the foreseable future.

Then, there are the variants...

 

[rsn48]

Don't wear the button until two weeks after the second vaccine.

 

[rgano]

You people have wandered off target on this idea in a paroxysm of juvenile silliness. Did I in some weird way imply I expected some social change/benefit?

Have you not paid attention? All the current self-protection measures continue AFTER you are vaccinated for a good long time. I am certainly not tossing my mask and shaking hands just cuz I got a shot. Where did you get that idea?

Hopefully, some form of vax ID would encourage people who are "vaccination hesitant" to see the light. It is hard to believe such people exist in this day and age, but we read up to 27% of Americans are potentially iffy to denouncing covid vaccination. The Darwin effect will weed some out, but that's a lot of suffering for wrongheadedness.

And good point rsn48, because that is exactly my plan on March first.

Now, back to the more interesting features of this site.

 

[Nomad Willy]

Don’t need any buttons if you’re where you should be in a pandemic and that is no persons in sight.

But the button is drawing attention to the issue. And there’s good in that.

 

[BruceK]

I suspect most opposition to vaccination will be politics masquerading as reason, entirely resistant to rational persuasion. But, button pressing seems to have had an effect.

 

[Lou_tribal]

Since the time back when I was a teenager I know that it is not good to wear any button

https://image.shutterstock.com/image-vector/emoticon-acne-squeezing-pimple-260nw-139470377.jpg

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[Peter B]

I guess since Rich started this thread admitting it was only slightly boating related, can I toss in this..?

Who else feels like me now when seeing any footage on the screen, clearly taken in the days before Covid, where you see folk are kissing and shaking hands etc in greeting..? I find myself cringing and imagining all the bugs they are sharing, and thinking 'no way will I ever shake a strangers hand again'.

Actually, even back when in active GP practice in the flu season I used to avoid shaking patient's hands when bringing them into the consulting room, quickly explaining it was to protect them, as a form of infection control. They used to take it quite well with that explanation. Maybe now, one won't need to even explain.

I hate this elbow bump thing. In fact, I think the Asians have it right. A slight nod of the head and clasping the hands together works for me as a nice greeting.

Another thing that used to get me was when after examining a patient in some of the more intimate ways sometimes required, one would automatically go to the basin and wash one's hands, offering for the patient to do likewise, but often they didn't. I suspect most think their own body is germ free. But then, as you were seeing this patient out the door, he's thrust out the same hand you knew he had just been touching his genitals with, or coughing into, etc, wanting to pump your hand in thanks on their way out.

Awkward..! All you can do is shake it, then immediately wash the hands again. I'm sure other medicos on here can relate to this conundrum. Maybe Covid is going to not be entirely negative in the end..?

 

[menzies]

So I guess the question asked in the the thread title has been answered.

No, it's not.