like there are legit covid sceptics on this site saying shit like "lol just touch grass" and "you need to go out" while we are currently heading to another peak (https://biobot.io/data/). and most claim to not be "covid sceptics" with weak defenses of their treats like "i cant just put my whole life on hold" and "im not just gonna live in fear" :yea:
while these ppls presence on this site is enough justification for this post, i wanna add that i woke up this morning w a sore throat and had a slight cough yesterday thats getting worse. gonna take a triple test today (covid, RSV, flu), but im p sure its covid bc my gf's mom tested positive 2 days ago and she still doesnt wear a mask around the house. i cant skip work bc i have bills to pay (living alone, gf lives w parents), but im lucky and dont see many ppl at my job so i can distance and mask while working. ive never gone "back to normal": go out only when necessary, drive thru theatre is big for us bc of safety, always wear mask even tho NOBODY else here does and me and my gf get strange looks and sometimes these fucking crackers around here COUGH IN OUR DIRECTION. i sacrificed my social life for 3 years and bc everyone else is too selfish to do the same, i have to face a 1 in 6 chance of disability and a chance of hospitalization/death. i hate this country so damn much
so despite everything i got the :covid-cool: . from now on were taking covid seriously. n95 + cloth mask EVERYWHERE. even at her house bc we obv cant trust her parents. im not letting us take off our masks unless we're alone, no exceptions. UGGGHHHH it sucks, ive avoided this disease for 3 years and now im so afraid that ill lose some neurological function, get GI problems, liver problems, sensory disability, etc. its so horrifying and stressful. guys pls take this seriously. nobody else is but i expected more empathy from ppl on this site
Completely minimizing people concerned about the pandemics by blaming it on whatever the fuck they do in the discord.
No idea about any of that, but I'm definitely arguing in good faith that you should still take precautions even if you're tired of it or whatever.
I agree. You should be wearing a mask, you should have the latest booster, and you should ventilate meeting spaces when you can.
I'm not minimizing anything. I agree with covid precautions. I also know this site likes to argue and pretend they're fighting some grand cause.
The thing that was minimizing was you blaming it on some discord and mastadon chat.
It's patronizing actually, because it suggests there's some half assed conspiracy at work
It's not a conspiracy it's a group of people who don't have anything better to do than police the site for bad takes. Pretty common on internet forums. And we were raided by discord users at the beginning, stirring up shit to cause problems.
I'm telling you that's not the case, or at least the entirety of it, in this instance though