• digredior@lemmynsfw.com
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    4 months ago

    May I ask why? Legit question. I still occasionally see folks masking and such in my area, but the vast majority of people have gone back to pre-pandemic behaviors. Cases still pop up here and there but most folks treat it like flu… if you get sick, stay home until you’re better.

    If you’ve got an immune issue, I get it. But otherwise, why bother?

    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      why bother?

      Because being sick is inconvenient and I’m a busy person with shit to do.

      If it’s something like BART during commute hours, I wear a mask. Before the pandemic I was sick once a month from riding that stupid subway. Now that I mask in tight crowded places, that happens much less often.

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      4 months ago

      I don’t know if I’m sick, masks help reduce spread. masks seem to help a little in getting sick too.

      I’ll pull mine out in the train and in other crowded indoor situations. Outdoors I won’t.

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        4 months ago

        Damn, I’m sorry people need to be reminded of the terrible toll COVID has taken.

        I wear a mask every time I’m indoors with people because, despite the vaccines, every case is an incubation opportunity for the virus to mutate a way around them.

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        4 months ago

        God damn dude… sorry to hear that. Sincerest condolences.

        I really hope you’ve been able to find some peace and solace since then.

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      4 months ago

      if you get sick, stay home until you’re better.

      A lot of people weren’t doing that before, and still aren’t now.

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      4 months ago

      Because it (n95, kf94, etc) helps protect myself from getting other airborne diseases like the flu, especially in crowded places like concerts. I also live in a place that has some type of allergen (pollen, ragweed, etc) all year round, and masking outdoors helps reduce the impact of allergies.

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      4 months ago

      I have a toddler who brings home new sicknesses every damn week, it seems, and I work in a small enclosed shop with my coworkers, customers coming and going all the time, and a 90 year-old boss who might well die if he gets sick. I’m the primary threat to all of them, so I never stopped wearing a mask at work.

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      4 months ago

      Simple for me: I loooove food. I hate colds, because then I can’t taste. Between 2020-2023 I never got a cold where I’d normally get one 1-3 times a year.

      I haven’t gotten one in 2024 yet either. I will gladly wear a mask in public places and use hand sanitizer if it means a lower chance of getting a cold.

      Others mileage may vary.

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      4 months ago

      Depending on the venue it’s absolutely straightforward sense to wear a mask. Airports, trains, concerts, generally any crowded poorly ventilated indoors.

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      4 months ago

      Besides other people 's excellent points, there’s the matter of keeping loved ones from getting it who are more vulnerable. My spouse is fully vaccinated but I’ve seen him hospitalized too many times for what started as a cold or flu and became pneumonia. Neither of us has ever caught COVID and I intend to keep it that way.

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      4 months ago

      Uhh have you heard of long COVID? More and more people are becoming disabled because of this. Before too long it’ll be more common to have it than not.

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      4 months ago

      COVID might stick around in your organs and causing a plethora of bad (even fatal) long term effects even when asymptomatic. It’s not anything like flu.

      Edit: wanting -> anything