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A reminder that you should still be masking in public. Better than permanent sensory loss and brain damage.
by wumeow 2y ago
A reminder that you should still be masking in public. Better than permanent sensory loss and brain damage.
- CacheRules 2y agoMaybe just don't even go out in public!
- skyyler 2y agoComparing a reasonable safety measure to complete self-isolation seems intellectually dishonest...
- polartx 2y ago“Reasonable” is subjective to the wearer
- skyyler 2y agoIt's not particularly invasive or expensive, is it?
- AnimalMuppet 2y ago1. That doesn't make it "reasonable". 2. Yes, it's invasive. I like breathing freely. That's a really basic thing that I don't want hindered.
- wizzwizz4 2y agoThen you should probably be taking measures to protect yourself from severe respiratory infections. You can remove a mask, but you can't remove pulmonary scarring.
- skyyler 2y agoIf you think it’s invasive to wear a mask in public, then don’t. If you think it’s invasive to wear a seatbelt while driving, then don’t. I’m not concerned about making you do anything. I’m concerned about harm reduction for myself.
- amichail 2y agoWhat about always wearing a mask indoors and only wearing it outdoors when you are near people for more than a few seconds?
- AnthonBerg 2y ago[flagged]
- DaSHacka 2y agoI mean you are free to keep masking, but the rest of us have paid our dues and aren't going to live the rest of our lives in constant fear. Its nothing personal, but if you're in a uniquely high-risk position its typically on you to take precautions, not every other living being in your country.
- AnthonBerg 2y ago“What the fuck is wrong with you?”—what I said—is not nice. “Maybe just don't even go out in public!” is not nice either. It did not at all have to be that way that my unborn and newly born child and his mother— both high-risk-from-COVID—were in extreme social isolation during the pandemic. We weren’t isolated because we isolated ourselves. We were isolated to our surprise and grief because people simply dropped out of contact due to the hostile socially accepted sentiment captured so well by “Maybe just don't even go out in public!”. Not nice. Not nice at all. There was a gross and ugly and blatant societal failure to protect infants. Infants. I ask again: Who are you fighting? What is the cause?
- CacheRules 2y agoI just offered the optimal solution in both simplicity and efficiency.
- nradov 2y agoCOVID-19 was never a significant risk for infants. The death rate in that age group was miniscule.
- AnthonBerg 2y agoAn unborn child is strictly dependent upon the placenta for survival, let alone for development and maturation of physiological structures which we only get one of per life time and we are hard-dependent on.
- wizzwizz4 2y agoFor some immunocompromised people, this is their only real option – because the rest of us aren't wearing masks.
- GenerocUsername 2y agoDownvote is not a strong enough disagree. Comment required. Mask in public if you are not feeling well. Healthy people masking in public for extended portions of their life is untested and could cause new and unforseen issues. Exposure to regular levels of background bacteria and virus keeps our immune system tuned. See War of the Worlds for pop culture level introduction. While the mask likely does not protect you from background virus and bacteria it can host all sorts of new growth right against your mouth and face.
- AnthonBerg 2y ago[flagged]
- GenerocUsername 2y agoDisagree. Masking at height of pandemic was possibly warranted. Masking in the summer of 2024 without medical reason to do so is weird. I feel no shame from your emotionally driven judgements, and instead shame you for trying to push your beliefs over others liberties.
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- clove 2y agoI like the way you argue.
- navjack27 2y agoEveryone should have a medical reason to be masking still. If you are alive then you don't want to get this! You know Long COVID? Do you know chicken pox? Do you know what shingles are? There are going to be a lot of things that we don't know that happens to a human who gets COVID even once let alone multiple times.
- wumeow 2y agoI had covid in 2021. I lost my sense of smell completely for a month, and I'm still not sure it's back to 100% pre-covid level. Now it looks like covid is going to be around for the rest of my life, but I don't want to have to go through that again every one or two years, losing more and more of my olfactory function after each infection. Until we get totally sterilizing nasal vaccines, I'm masking.
- nradov 2y agoOne of the worst aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic is how it turned some otherwise rational people into crazy germophobes.
- nikolay 2y agoI still do as does my household. I don't care what others think - they are not the bosses of me and I'm responsible and paying for my own health, so, they (you!) have no say. People used to wander butt-naked, now everybody wears underwear. Masks are similar. Plus, we all know who laughs best, right? So, enough you laugh while it lasts!