I probably would have said something if I hadn't literally just started here, so like we don't even know each other's names yet lol. I'm still too craven for that right now anyways cuz I have bad social anxiety, but trying to work on that. I agree that's the principled thing to do though.
I found what helped me in those situations is that I was honest that I am immuno-compromised and that their actions can severely impact my life. I usually was firm in those convos and did not really yell. That gotten some people to mask for me. Tbh even if your not immuno-compromised it might be worth saying it just because of how bad the virus is long term.
Usually the people who mask in response end up being pretty good comrades, and the ones who don't usually end up being bad in other ways.
I'm not immuno-compromised, but yeah, I've seen the science with repeated COVID infections/long COVID and am just like NOPE, masks for me/no indoor dining/etc. Even though I guess I'd call myself "healthy", I'm starting to think the distinction between "healthy" and "high-risk/immuno-compromised" isn't very useful, just because being "healthy" is not a permanent thing that can be counted on, especially in the face of a still-ongoing, highly contagious, debilitating, deadly pandemic. Healthy and high-risk/immuno-compromised alike are both at risk during this pandemic. And frankly that was true before the pandemic because the way capitalists handle public health to begin with is naturally really fucked and post-viral chronic illnesses have always been a thing. But obviously it's really grave right now because COVID has evolved to be extremely contagious and all the long-term effects won't be known for years.
And yeah I can definitely see so-called leftists who still won't mask for an immuno-compromised person like yourself as being reactionary in other ways.
I probably would have said something if I hadn't literally just started here, so like we don't even know each other's names yet lol. I'm still too craven for that right now anyways cuz I have bad social anxiety, but trying to work on that. I agree that's the principled thing to do though.
I found what helped me in those situations is that I was honest that I am immuno-compromised and that their actions can severely impact my life. I usually was firm in those convos and did not really yell. That gotten some people to mask for me. Tbh even if your not immuno-compromised it might be worth saying it just because of how bad the virus is long term.
Usually the people who mask in response end up being pretty good comrades, and the ones who don't usually end up being bad in other ways.
I'm not immuno-compromised, but yeah, I've seen the science with repeated COVID infections/long COVID and am just like NOPE, masks for me/no indoor dining/etc. Even though I guess I'd call myself "healthy", I'm starting to think the distinction between "healthy" and "high-risk/immuno-compromised" isn't very useful, just because being "healthy" is not a permanent thing that can be counted on, especially in the face of a still-ongoing, highly contagious, debilitating, deadly pandemic. Healthy and high-risk/immuno-compromised alike are both at risk during this pandemic. And frankly that was true before the pandemic because the way capitalists handle public health to begin with is naturally really fucked and post-viral chronic illnesses have always been a thing. But obviously it's really grave right now because COVID has evolved to be extremely contagious and all the long-term effects won't be known for years.
And yeah I can definitely see so-called leftists who still won't mask for an immuno-compromised person like yourself as being reactionary in other ways.