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I've been saying this since the exact start of the pandemic. I already have brain issues and I simply do not want to roll the dice that are very much not in my

I've been saying this since the exact start of the pandemic. I already have brain issues and I simply do not want to roll the dice that are very much not in my favor. If I get covid and I live I pretty much know that the rest of my life is more fucked than it already is. But everybody's walking around the grocery store without masks on. Nobody gives to fucks about anybody else anymore. So here I am, still purposefully having my life on pause, the one time a week if even that that I go to the grocery store I still wear my n95 mask... I just don't get it. I don't. I'm supposed to be this impulsive flighty forgetful person with ADHD and issues with executive control but the entire population is acting like they have these issues instead of me. No one is able to do risk assessment of this very glaring issue in front of us.

thegrim22 4y ago
I mean, there's the possibility that they ran their risk assessment and just overwhelmingly came to a different conclusion then you did. It's hard to take long covid seriously when there isn't even an agreed upon scientific definition of what it even is.
jl6 4y ago
Is your current level of isolation something that your doctor has recommended?
- graeme 4y ago
  The better question would be whether their doctor recommends they get Covid or avoid it, given their condition. How you avoid Covid is a physics question, not a doctor question.
- worksonmine 4y ago
  Psychiatrist* /s
graypegg 4y ago
I’m in the exact same spot. I’ve been trying to get back on medication for ADHD for the first time since childhood solely because I’m scared I’m not going to be able to experience mental clarity ever again if I get COVID. It’s impossible to talk to anyone about anxieties like that now because everyone has already determined that they got COVID and everything was fine, so therefore, I should stop trying. Some part of me would love that, but like you said, I just can’t let go. Impulsivity be damned.
VoodooJuJu 4y ago
Where do you live where Covid is still a a problem? What do you think the solution to this problem is? What timescale are you looking at for this solution to completely fix the problem?
hash872 4y ago
If everyone had to wear an N95 mask we'd need to permanently shut down the entire bar & restaurant industry, given that the masks are obviously not doing anything when people take them down to eat and drink. That would be millions of people out of work, tens of millions more permanently without the enjoyment of eating or drinking out, etc. I don't mean to sound curt, but society is simply not willing to accept that, sorry. We could lower the speed limit to 15 miles an hour for the entire country, including on highways, and that would save a ton of lives, right? We as a society are just not willing to accept that level of inconvenience. Seeing as you'd like to make everyone else wear masks, could you rig up a closed-circuit gas or oxygen mask for yourself when you go to the grocery store? That way you're literally not breathing the same air as others, and it'd be literally impossible to get Covid. If your response is 'it's inconvenient for me to wear a gas mask and oxygen tank'- well, that's how the rest of us feel about permanent masking
poisonarena 4y ago
I live in Israel and only the very old people wear masks because they have compromised immune systems. It was downgraded to the cold/flu and it is no longer checked at the airport. Most of the country is vaccinated, many 'boosted' , and it I have yet to meet anyone who hasnt had COVID at least one time. I just now visited the USA and am surprised to see people still scared or concerned. It is totally over for most of the world. I wear a mask when I am sick so I dont get others sick, but it really has nothing to do with COVID in particular. Regarding COVID, I have to agree with the Israeli health authorities, which have largely dismissed the threat.
- poszlem 4y ago
  Your comment was perfectly reasonable despite receiving downvotes. It always surprises me to see a well-reasoned comment obscured in grey, and I fail to comprehend why individuals choose to downvote it instead of engaging with it. The only way I can comprehend this behavior is to assume that these individuals feel powerless in the face of the fact that the pandemic is over and express their frustration by resorting to downvoting others.

thegrim22 4y ago

I mean, there's the possibility that they ran their risk assessment and just overwhelmingly came to a different conclusion then you did. It's hard to take long covid seriously when there isn't even an agreed upon scientific definition of what it even is.

jl6 4y ago

Is your current level of isolation something that your doctor has recommended?

graeme 4y ago
The better question would be whether their doctor recommends they get Covid or avoid it, given their condition. How you avoid Covid is a physics question, not a doctor question.
worksonmine 4y ago
Psychiatrist* /s

graypegg 4y ago

I’m in the exact same spot. I’ve been trying to get back on medication for ADHD for the first time since childhood solely because I’m scared I’m not going to be able to experience mental clarity ever again if I get COVID. It’s impossible to talk to anyone about anxieties like that now because everyone has already determined that they got COVID and everything was fine, so therefore, I should stop trying. Some part of me would love that, but like you said, I just can’t let go. Impulsivity be damned.

VoodooJuJu 4y ago

Where do you live where Covid is still a a problem? What do you think the solution to this problem is? What timescale are you looking at for this solution to completely fix the problem?

hash872 4y ago

If everyone had to wear an N95 mask we'd need to permanently shut down the entire bar & restaurant industry, given that the masks are obviously not doing anything when people take them down to eat and drink. That would be millions of people out of work, tens of millions more permanently without the enjoyment of eating or drinking out, etc. I don't mean to sound curt, but society is simply not willing to accept that, sorry. We could lower the speed limit to 15 miles an hour for the entire country, including on highways, and that would save a ton of lives, right? We as a society are just not willing to accept that level of inconvenience. Seeing as you'd like to make everyone else wear masks, could you rig up a closed-circuit gas or oxygen mask for yourself when you go to the grocery store? That way you're literally not breathing the same air as others, and it'd be literally impossible to get Covid. If your response is 'it's inconvenient for me to wear a gas mask and oxygen tank'- well, that's how the rest of us feel about permanent masking

poisonarena 4y ago

I live in Israel and only the very old people wear masks because they have compromised immune systems. It was downgraded to the cold/flu and it is no longer checked at the airport. Most of the country is vaccinated, many 'boosted' , and it I have yet to meet anyone who hasnt had COVID at least one time. I just now visited the USA and am surprised to see people still scared or concerned. It is totally over for most of the world. I wear a mask when I am sick so I dont get others sick, but it really has nothing to do with COVID in particular. Regarding COVID, I have to agree with the Israeli health authorities, which have largely dismissed the threat.

poszlem 4y ago
Your comment was perfectly reasonable despite receiving downvotes. It always surprises me to see a well-reasoned comment obscured in grey, and I fail to comprehend why individuals choose to downvote it instead of engaging with it. The only way I can comprehend this behavior is to assume that these individuals feel powerless in the face of the fact that the pandemic is over and express their frustration by resorting to downvoting others.