Just 8 short months ago, my gf was 100% healthy. She was fully vaxxed and got a booster, so long covid was entirely unexpected. Now she's dealing with a long list of digestive, cardiovascular, breathing and mental problems. We're getting an MRI soon because maybe she got a minor stroke 😔
Recently-ish (don't want to dox myself) schools in my area dropped the mask mandate. Honestly I was terrified for myself but also for my partner. I just imagine if she got covid again, she'd go way worse. Honestly the research seems to confirm this, as well as anecdotal stuff I've seen with people I know.
So I offhandedly told my tutor class (homeroom) that I'm continuing to mask because I have a vulnerable relative at home. Apparently another student lives with a grandparent, and other's dad has diabetes. Holy fucking shit, the 16 year olds all mask up without being told, to this fucking day.
No lie, all the stress is keeping me up over the past weeks, with me coming into work with 2 hours of sleep. I'm falling behind with projects, and NGL I'm becoming a bit nervous about my job. I had to confess to a few managers and department heads what's happening. There has definitely been covid being passed around school, and the absolute fuckheads called white liberal teachers need to pack into small, unventilated meeting spaces mask free. I'm terrified and uncomfortable, individual students and staff have confessed that they're also very uncomfortable, but we're well in the minority.
So I have told my partner's story to 3 managers and 5 friends. Some people have masked up around me, although not all. I feel a bit better. As for the other people that can't be bothered to do the smallest thing to protect my safety and my loved ones, you're not my fucking mate anymore. Thank you Karl Marx for preparing me for what utter sociopaths liberals can be.
But the thing is, I haven't asked my gf's permission. She has enough to deal with right now, with the literal fear of death that she's experiencing each and every day. I feel terrible, I try to keep the story to myself, and I resist the temptation to send out a staff wide email. Hexbear, AITL (Am I The Lib)?
BTW, I want to cry about the whole thing, even though my partner is DEFINITELY getting the worse experience.
I don't think its shitty. Its the truth. I think people just don't realize the severity of the situation and the fact that it isn't just about themselves as an individual.
I wore my mask at work for a really long time. I still do depending on where I'm going within my workplace. But my coworkers would make comments as to why I was still wearing a mask long after masks were no longer required. I never told them that its because I live with my father who's a senior and in declining health. But I kind of wish I had so that they could have some perspective as to why some people were more protective.
Sad thing is that when we got hit by covid (my dad, sibiling, and myself, but not my mom) it was because a family member decided to visit while having covid despite knowing what the danger of it. It was scary since my dad suffered from pretty bad symptoms. Thankfully he didn't need to go to the hospital since we were able to get some covid medication for him.
But it just highlights how people just don't really think about these things. Sometimes the only option you have is to use the suffering either you or someone close to you is going through to make people aware of whats going on. Sucks, but that's what happens living in such an individualistic society.
Family member or no I think I would have put that fucker in the hospital
yeah that person should be decorating a morgue for sure