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Maybe just don't even go out in public!
by CacheRules 2y ago
Maybe 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.