https://twitter.com/joaquinlife/status/1579421275843448834/photo/1

I believe this user pulled the data from this site: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/current-covid-patients-icu

I don't like this new normal :yea:

    • MF_BROOM [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Yeah, I live in a city and mask usage is pretty infrequent now.

      I took the bus recently (no mandates anymore for public transit, ugh), and the busdriver had his mask over his mouth but not his nose. Like, whyyyyyy

      • feelinggay [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        In germany its "at least" mandatory in public transit. But a lot of people don't even do that anymore.

        • MF_BROOM [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          TBH, if we ever get to actual post-COVID/post-pandemic, I think I would consider continuing to wear masks on public transit and other high-density environments anyways.

          Masks should be mandated everywhere, but at a minimum, they should be mandated in public transit, grocery stores, doctors offices, hospitals, etc.--i.e., places where high-risk people have no choice but to go to, or might not have any alternatives.

    • CyberSyndicalist [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      and people wearing masks on their chin.... you go out of your way to wear a mask in a society that is now indifferent/hostile to mask wearing and then wear it in a way that is both pointless and uncomfortable... :abby-exasperation:

    • invo_rt [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Very stupid. One of the dumbest things I've noticed at my workplace too is people getting sick with non-COVID communicable diseases again. That just didn't happen last year. Coughs echoing in the hallways which I haven't heard since pre-pandemic.