Here is why I took the vaccine and why I will continue to wear a mask.

I am happy to have the vaccine. It is the first time in history that so much scientific and media attention has been on any medication (in addition to the actual tests conducted on it), and never before have so many people received the same treatment.

In my youth, I took many different recreational drugs. I didn't know what was in them (I only knew what the dodgy bloke I bought them off told me), they certainly hadn't been tested, held up to scrutiny by the entire world.

It would be hypocritical of me to not take something because of fear that it might do something to me (despite extensive evidence that it is safe)

As to masks...

I don't wear a mask to protect myself.

I wear a mask to protect others.

In many countries, it has been the practice for some years to wear a mask if unwell so as not to pass the illness on to others.

Even though I am vaccinated I will continue to wear a mask in enclosed spaces.

This is not out of fear.

I am not scared, I am not afraid of the virus. I am protected by the vaccine, I am fit and healthy.

I don't wear the mask out of fear for myself, I wear it out of consideration for others.