Don’t feel guilty about resuming your social life if vaccinated
Q: You and your friends are vaccinated and see each other in person and go to events together, but you feel a little guilty and don’t want to be judged. Should you avoid posting what you’re doing on social media?
A: In short, not at all! Now that the vaccine is widely available in the U.S. and guidelines have given those fully vaccinated the assurance they may socialize with one another, you should feel no guilt about resuming your social life again. If you want to post about it in an appropriate manner, go right ahead! In fact, you may find many people will be cheering you on and are excited to see these moments return.
Sometimes it can be easy to feel guilty or maybe even judged. The big takeaway, though, is that the goal of great etiquette is to apply a lens of consideration, respect and honesty to every action we take and relationship we build. Supporting and cheering each other on and not judging are great ways to do that.
— Courtney Fadler, etiquette expert and owner of Courtney Fadler Etiquette A: At this point, vaccinations are readily available to American adults. So, those in your social media audience who are not vaccinated have either chosen not to receive the vaccination or have a medical issue that prevents them from receiving it.
Plus, since you are fully vaccinated, you are not running afoul of any medically established guidelines by seeing other vaccinated people in person, or any legal guidelines by attending events. So you’d also be unlikely to garner the same judgment that going to a pre-vaccine gathering would bring. If you are normally someone who posts about your social life, post away. From a public health standpoint, if you make a reference to your vaccination within the post, then you’re even arguably doing a service by promoting vaccination.
— Andrea Bonior, psychologist and author of ”Detox Your Thoughts”