It's just super frustrating seeing people who are supposedly my brothers and sisters, who I've been there to the hilt, who know that my partner is struggling, who know that I'm terrified. We've gone through the science and racial and class inequalities together and they've voiced how they should mask a hundred times. And then they come to meet me IRL totally fucking unmasked, without even a fucking apology.
Well, if you're "back to normal", I'll sit and watch you eat outside, but I'm not taking my mask off in front of you. I'll wait till you finish your meal, and I'll head home early. If I've complained about no masking two times already, you heard it enough, I'm not going to complain again.
Am I overreacting?
Edit: for those of griping that you're not allowed to do COVID minimisation in this comm. These would be valid answer:
- Maybe your friend forgot
- Maybe your friend was tired
- Maybe your friend was hung over
- Your friend made a mistake but you should forgive him
- I'm not yet fully covid conscious, but I'm trying
- We can't all be perfect. Hopefully they do better next time.
Not acceptable:
- Oh here's a tidbit about masks that's been disproven in the science literature 10x already
- Oh the chuds and libs aren't masking, and I feel peer pressured
I'm curious what you mean by a nasal spray.
Do you carry around a saline spray or similar and use it regularly to help mucus clearance from your nose to prevent infection? I've never heard of people using a nasal spray as a precaution against infection.
It's this iota-carrageenan spray that might be a total grift, but I suppose it allows me to think I am at least trying to do something. Can't say I've heard much updates about it, but it's something I can easily get and afford.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8493111/
I am also going to buy a good air purifier for my personal office where I see clients now that the summer wave looks to be starting. Would have had it there from day one, but those are expensive. I absolutely hate that this is what this neoliberal hell is making us do to protect ourselves even a bit, even this is down to privilege and purchase power. Commodified covid protection.
Iota carrageenan nasal sprays can reduce viral binding and thus viral load. This can be used to prevent infection or reduce the severity of an infection. The study I saw about it recommended using it three times a day for this effect