- It doesn’t exist anymore
- It does exist, but it’s just another flu-like virus
- It’s much worse than the flu, but it only affected other people so far, so it won’t affect me
ample evidence exists to prove all 3 wrong
oh yea, the exotic chud response which they’ve conveniently memoryholed:
4) covid is fake and never existed
A family friend told me when I mentioned masking that “so many bacteria get trapped under masks, we need to live more in tune with nature” — I am so tired. I don’t want to tolerate that nonsense but I also feel like she’s too far gone to be reached.
It’s hard to win an argument with a smart person, but it’s damn near impossible to win an argument with a stupid person
I’ve given up trying to reach people. I’m already too tired to exist, and don’t feel like I can expend more energy convincing people to acknowledge the reality. Showing somebody my google searches and begging them to believe my lived experiences just seems so useless at this point.
As an aside, I have a genuine concern to be made about proper mask hygiene and maybe environmental concerns from all the used masks.
What is the best way to mask properly over a long period of time?
Hygiene:
If disposable: I generally rotate a disposable after each long use, let it air out for a couple days and use a different one. Honestly, the headstraps tend to break just from repeated donning and doffing and that prevents overuse. But if the straps don’t break, eventually a disposable respirator may get beat up or kind of visibly gross and then I toss it and use a new one.
If elastomeric: Disassemble and wipe down with a bit of water every few uses or after a long use. It depends. Wash it occasionally. The biggest problem I ran into with my elastomeric was that it traps a lot of water and I forgot to disassemble and dry it after use, let it sit for a few days, and came back to find it was really musty. Disassembled it and washed it but the mildew was growing in the filters so I had to just toss the filters and get a new one.
Other than that there isn’t really a concern. How quickly a respirator will get gross will vary based on your activities while wearing it and how long you wear it. If you’re working a physical job in a respirator all day, you may want a fresh one every day just because you don’t want to be pushing old sweat and body grime onto your face at the seals.
Environmental: I mean, we are just individuals trying not to get fucked up by the plague. Our impact is minimal compared to the environmental devastation that Capitalism and its related imperialist wars drive. I don’t worry about it, except for one thing: When I’m done with a mask I always rip the straps on one end so that if some animal encounters it in a landfill or the wind picks it up, they don’t get tangled in the straps. A thing I read about back in 2020.
Been thinking about this too because I use disposables and been meaning to look into a reusable option that is effective without looking like I’m a plague doctor.
We need to start a cult of some sort that incorporates these.
Like Earth Astronauts or something.
People at work would just think I road my bike, until I never took it off and they realized I don’t own a bike.
Well that’s all well and good, but what about the bike owners?
Wash hands, don mask. (Don’t touch it). Doff mask. Wash hands. Some masks are meant to only touched at the tabs, i.e. 3M Aura 1870+.
The resentment I feel for my normie friends over this is untenable. It’s really really sad and I really wish I could change how I feel.
I still wear a mask EVERYWHERE. I barely leave the house without it. I cannot stand the idea that the health risks aren’t worth the discomfort.
Given that people sneeze and spit and cough everywhere like 5 year olds, I am gladly still wearing my mask. Although I am the only one still doing it. Literally.
You are not the only one. Three of us right here. And my partner next to me. And a few at any event I go to, even world tai chi & qi gong day last Saturday, which was outside in a decent wind. We all recognize that getting sick isn’t worth the trouble, and that there is a way to prevent the vast majority of respiratory infections, masks and handwashing. I mean there’s a few more things, Neti washing, Enovid, etc, but it’s really simple to protect oneself, and others. Hang in friends, and remember to laugh and find delight along the way.
I’ve seen people coughing and sneezing barely covering their face, and I do mask as well everywhere since my job interacts with people all the time
What about, “it’s worse than the flu, but no individual action I take will prevent me from getting reinfected every year, so I’ve just resigned myself to reinfection for the rest of my life”
Huh masking works and will almost certainly prevent some of those infections. I mask and use iota carrageenan nasal spray any time I’m in a public indoor space and have never gotten covid. Of course also get your vaccines, shockingly few people are boosted and thus have lost the immunity
i haven’t even had a cold in over five years but i don’t have a public-facing job and don’t have anyone to socialize with.
I haven’t been sick in over two years, and I have a public facing job where people will lean over and breathe directly on me.
Yeah, I feel like this is the most normie response, it’s pretty much where I’m at.
I’m in category 3 tbh.
I know it’s bad, but I have so many things that worry me already and I’m so deep in my depression that I’m just glad I have something that helps me cope with the risks of covid at least.
Masks help you cope with the risks of covid better
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My conservative dad is basically like ‘COVID doesn’t exist in Canada, but does still exist in foreign places like China’ so I don’t know where that fits in but it’s white supremacist COVID response anyway.
I remember when news of the virus had just spread to Europe and some people immediately claimed it would only effect asians. Very normal brain activity
synthesis of brainworm dialectics
I have a normies sentiment like your dad. I’ve seen a few posts on Lemmy about covid cases in the US but haven’t heard about the cases in Europe. I’m sure they exist though, just not talked about
