people have to have the ability to choose, and the reality is that science aside and, you know, the idea that i've been vaccinated and i have not keeled over, all of that aside, you know, it is a deeply personal decision. you have to give people the agency to choose if they want to, you know, convene with those who are vaccinated or not. are you vaccinated or not? because it is just like, you know, you mentioned sexual activity. > yeah, there's a big value in signaling it, but the reality is that there's just tremendous value in people having the open discussions. there's a big difference between what people say and what they do when push comes to shove. > but, don, i see the value of signaling that. Trying to improve the way men talk about safer sex, hiv status, et cetera.
this idea of, i'll do whatever i want whenever i want, to who and however i want, is part of the well, i just want to go on a cruise, don't tell me what to do. > it is sadly unsurprising, isn't it, guys? in this country where a lot of people stopped believing in things that are actually happening right in front of their faces, i mean these are the type of people who are fine to go on, you know, a cruise where everybody is getting a virus. > so what you are telling me is that there is data saying that people who have not gotten vaccinated, people who are not now immune pretty much to the vaccine are more excited, more likely, more ambitious to go out on the road than those of us that have been vaccinated? > claiming to be less worried. i'm not sure what to make of that, especially since it is still possible that the airlines may let push come to shove and say you may not want to get vaccinated, but if you want to travel in this way or to these places you may have no choice. > like a covid corsage, is this how i'm supposed to wear it? > it is better than an ascot.Īmericans are. > it is like a - it is like a - sort of a - > perfect. > you can't virtue signal unless people can see it, pete. i think the thing we're coming to terms with is regardless of what the law says, regardless of what the medical science is, it is a deeply psychological wound and we have to give people space to reopen at their own pace. i can put it on if you feel uncomfortable by i am vaccinated. it is virtual signaling, but it is to acknowledge that covid is still there. you rock it around the wrist to show people - it is virtue signaling, yes, pete. > a mask around the wrist you said? > around the wrist. people are going to have to come to terms with what they feel safe with in their own time, and so i'm told that the best accessory for the summer is a mask around the wrist to show that, yes, you are vaccinated so you're not wearing it, but you are still covid conscious and you want to make others comfortable so you can put it on and off, comparable to what other people around you areįeeling. what is your sense, don, of whether or not we're even ready to kind of ditch the masks yet? > well, i think that regardless of what we know about the science, the medical science or even the legalities of everything, i think we're coming to terms right now with the idea that covid was a deep psychological wound on people. i joined the gym like right before the pandemic and haven't seen a human face in there since i pretty much joined. i kind of slowly took mine off and i realized it was the first time i had ever been in that gym and seen people's faces. I went to the gym for the first time without masks. > don, what about that? i mean i had a similar experience this week. i think it is one of the struggles people are having, is how do i now behave? am i shaking hands, do you hug, can we get close, what changes? so there's a lot of learning and i don't think we're ever going back to normal, and i think it is important to admit.
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they invited us over and i didn't know how to greet people. you may not know it, joshua, but we do have a few friends. last night my wife and i even got invited over to friend's houses. but getting out and enjoying live performance and performing really is amazing. but, yeah, you're performing behind a sheet of plastic, that's weird. that's not good because we always prefer laughter over people blinking their headlights and horns.
i mean it is a lot better than performing in a parking lot. i understand that you have been getting back on the stage, doing stand-up again at some of the clubs around new york that have reopened. pete, let me start with you and our return to normalcy.