Seriously I've lost count of the number of people I've lost, it's at least 20 since the pandemic started. It's not like people forward me articles like "oh here's why COVID is fine now".
It's an iron law to me know, I've seen it so much in my life. Libs CANNOT stomach the idea that they're in the wrong about something. It'll eat them up inside worse than anything.
I wore masks in public before covid, not wearing masks is a weird american cultural thing, the flu is still out there.
It's so weird to me that unitedstatesers weren't masking every flu season before covid. So many deaths could have been prevented from the flu alone! The flu spreads through the air, and masks stop it. So why haven't we been wearing them? Handwashing is good but it doesn't protect from a lot of airborn transmission. Almost like the cdc has been eschewing commonsense safety measures for a long time.
My favorite strategy for when people ask why I'm wearing a mask is to cough (fake obv, but I try to make it somewhat believable) and tell them I currently have covid but felt like going out anyway.
It's great because people you're not forced to keep interacting with try to get away from you ASAP with a (hopefully) newly rediscovered and more appropriate fear of covid, and people you're forced to keep interacting with will get indignant or angry and then you can clarify that you're fucking with them and if they think covid is that fucking serious that they're now mad at you, WHICH IT IS, then they should STOP FUCKING MASK SHAMING PEOPLE AND MAYBE WEAR ONE.
I'm definitely a liberal of the 1st type because I never even ask other people to mask up anymore, but it sucks so much that I do as much as wear an n95 and that's enough to get weird looks and people ask if I'm sick. Have they memory holed the entire pandemic that quickly?
I’ve noticed people suppressing it or straight up just hand-waiving it away.
I had an important family member die quite horrifically because of covid (sudden, intubated, super traumatic). Yet people who know this in my life still say shit like ‘what’s the worst that could happen’ and chuckle to me when I insist on masking up.
I can never tell whether it’s because of delusion, denial, or nihilism.
Exact same thing over here, big important member of my family died of Covid like 4 months ago and I'm the only one who's masking up anymore. I even reminded my mom about that and, first she looked at me like I was crazy, then she said "Oh but he died of covid complications, not covid itself" AAAAAA
I gotta admit, the evidence is never just right. Healthy people get horribly sick and occasionally disabled. One 28 year-old guy I know had to stop working and move back in with his parents. I've seen more people in their twenties hospitalised this year. Tennis and basketball have been hard his by COVID this year. Oh ya, and all the science. But there's also a million other explanations except the airborne virus that we've known for decades is a killer.
I got COVID 2 years ago and one long term issue i have is crippling migraines. Never got them before. Get them regularly now. Oh, and chronic fatigue.
But try getting a doctor to treat you for being tired and having a headache. Everyone is like "well, you just have to suck it up and get on with it." Easy for them to fucking say.
I'm very sorry for your difficulties. It must be extra shitty considering that our society could have locked down for a month and not done this. I've heard that Paxlovid helps with long-COVID, but I can't see it doing much for headaches.
The reason I'm so damn strict about precautions is that I know that I'm just one infection away from everyone gaslighting and diminishing my real shit major health issues, as we all know that humans like to do. I have no faith in society or most of my social connections giving a fuck about me after losing my health and/or job.
Sorry again for what you have to go through. I fucking hate how we love to blame and burden the victim.
it sucks but the masking and vaccine ship has sailed
if there ever was a real world case for mandatory vaccinations and masking to pop out of the textbooks and slap us in the face it was this and we failed big time
nothing to do now but soldier on and seethe about it silently whenever i come across inconsiderate assholes until i die early of stress related blood pressure issues
Remind them that people don't die of AIDS, its the infections and complications that come with it that kills
They'll just shame you for comparing Covid to AIDS even if you're not wrong.
it's beyond tolerant of you to not feed those people their own shattered teeth
i'm sorry you lost someone to the pandemic. nobody should have had to go through this.
You're a star. NGL I rarely ask people to mask, I just repeat the scientific research on COVID risks and attempt to lead by example.
You're right though, I'm definitely the first type as well.
Seems like it, though the virus seems to be coming back with a vengeance.
Being east Asian and wearing a mask in my majority white area has been an experience
Getting a million dirty looks, sometimes getting screamed at in public, it never fuckign ends
I don't know why, but I just assumed that Asians are getting a pass. That's fucked up. WHY care if somebody around you masks?!?!?!? You're a hero to me.
They get more mad because they think it's our fault covid is here even if they don't believe in covid
I'm gonna become one of those bumper sticker guys for Fort Detrick Truthing just balance those
out.
Look, I'd love it if I could care about the health of myself and others, but no one else is doing it so why should I stand out? Anyway, communism will win! ✌Viva la revolucion!✌ /s
I mean this in the nicest way possible, but imagine being an older doctor in 1890, and remembering your past years of not hand washing because no one did it. Also when you mask, you're basically wearing a sign that says "I'm a fucking amazing person and couldn't give a fuck what the chuds think".
Oh sorry, I'm totally being sarcastic. That's my impression of the average "leftist" nowadays. #n95gang #stillcoviding all the way.
Ah shit, I'm too used to normie interactions and it's making me a bit defensive. I need to spend more time on Hexbear to take in the vibe. This whole post started because a few of my libleft friends disappeared.
lol no worries. I'm totally with ya. I've got some "friends" that go immediate radio silent on me if I mention covid or some of the other fucked up shit going on in florida.
"oh its just allergies"
okay but like wear a mask then because you are still spraying out your fucking germs everywhere you disgusting goblin
I had a student come to my office half an hour early when I wasn't expecting them, caught me without a mask, joked about not having seen me without a mask before, and then proceed to cough a bunch owing to 'allergies'.
Want to guess what it wasn't? Allergies.
before covid, it was a yearly tradition for some of my officemates to come in with suspicious allergies in the dead of winter
and then weirdly everyone else started getting allergies right after
and then I'd get allergies and couldn't function for several weeks because I'm disabled
damn allergies are wild
@ the leftists I organize with who can't be bothered to wear masks most of the time
I see group photos of events and actions. We seem better than most people, but ya we can do better. I'm so sorry for what you have to experience in your org.
i wore mine until the end of 2022, im tired of everyone asking 'why are you wearing a mask?'
i still wear on public transport though
'why are you wearing a mask?'
That shit is beyond toxic. COVID conscious Twitter is filled with immunocompromised people sharing strats on how to manage all the white dude intrusions into their personal safety.
Edit: I do think a lot of it is just people feeling cognitive dissonance with their own negligent behaviour.
"The fuck do you care?" Is great at getting people out of your face about a mask. There isn't a good answer for them, and the preemptive aggression makes them back off.
Fuck I mean the number of people killed because they asked someone to wear a mask is greater than zero. I want people to mask up as much as anyone, but it's not worth the risk to me.
It's so fucked up.
I'm, err, still taking my Covid-19 shot soon. I wish we were still wearing masks. But that's just me. I feel anxiety about the whole thing, no offense or anything. I don't mean to insult or offend, to be clear.
After everything we've been through since 2020, I couldn't be angry at that response if I tried. Really.
I get that not everyone can N95 and refuse to unmask indoors. But you'd help out the vulnerable by masking in shops and stuff. Also long-COVID is debilitating.
Ya I feel for young people that have to lose their carefree days that we had in the 90s.
I get that last part especially.
We need to be care-free; we need more social recreation. I get that. I'm just afraid of Long Covid, you see. Nothing against what you're saying, of course.
You're good. Ya care for others, but in the end my main driver is avoiding long-COVID. If I'm unlikely enough to become disabled, homelessness is a very likely possibility.
I understand!
I'm also afraid of Long Covid. That is what I'm ultimately trying to avoid.
Dunno what side you're coming from, but no COVID cautious person says "mask up forever". Better vaccines and treatments will get here. "Mask up forever" is the same "you're a Putin propagandist" argument that the pro-war crowd throws.
We should mask up forever
It's not a radical idea. East Asians were doing it decades ago.
East Asians were doing it decades ago.
No, they're masking up when symptomatic. Not like we used to do for everyone in public transport/places. Big difference.
You’re never gonna catch me on public transit without a mask again honestly, we should’ve been requiring that for decades
You're right. Americans are over masking up even when symptomatic though. We should definitely do that at least. But I'm also for going beyond that.
It's good practice for the upcoming forever fires, toxic dustbowls, and death fungus.
chud bullshit.
