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The actual article title: "Sociopathic traits linked to not wearing a mask or social distancing during pandemic: study" Unfortunately for those with disabiliti
by anonymouswacker 6y ago
The actual article title: "Sociopathic traits linked to not wearing a mask or social distancing during pandemic: study"
Unfortunately for those with disabilities precluding them from wearing a mask--or who know that they do not have COVID or had it previously and have recovered, etc.--they now get a new insult lobbed at them by mask shamers: "sociopath". As if being called a "Karen", "anti-masker", etc. were not already dismissive enough.
- smt88 6y agoWhat disabilities preclude wearing masks? How does one know that they don't have Covid? Do we know for sure that someone who previously had Covid cannot become a spreader again?
- anonymouswacker 6y agoWhat disabilities preclude wearing masks? - PTSD (combat veterans, survivors of abuse, rape, kidnapping, etc.) or other mental health issues, facial injuries/deformities, lung conditions. How does one know that they don't have Covid? - Testing; recovering from the virus and passing a test. Do we know for sure that someone who previously had Covid cannot become a spreader again? - Not much data here that I've found, of course, since it is rare and new. One could be overly cautious because it is "novel" and assume that a healthy immune system could allow reinfection fairly quickly as there have been a few documented reinfections, or look at other coronaviruses (MERS/SARS) and assume that is more likely to take months to years to become infectious, after being infected again.