Yeti_of_the_Flow t1_j25p464 wrote
Reply to comment by lqdizzle in New coronavirus subvariant, XBB, now widespread in New England by uxd
Yea. Those damn entitled vulnerable people wishing to go to the grocery store are forcing you to do so much. Masks aren't nonsense. Taking precautions to protect those most vulnerable isn't an affront to you. Yes, those unvaccinated are beyond help, but mate... people have the right to exist in society, the least you can do is wear a mask to keep everyone a little safer.
timecoyote t1_j26gksa wrote
Vulnerable people can wear N95 masks to protect themselves
Yeti_of_the_Flow t1_j26i2in wrote
Mate, if the experts say to wear a mask, wear a mask.
timecoyote t1_j26kbyl wrote
If I'm at a hospital, fine. If I'm sick, fine. But it's been long enough, I'm vaxxed and boosted multiple times, and I'm going to the bar and chatting with people without a mask. I need to be a person again.
Yeti_of_the_Flow t1_j26kh4p wrote
Wearing a mask makes you not a person? Stop reading right wing nonsense.
timecoyote t1_j26lszl wrote
No, staying home all the time and only going out in a mask for essentials makes me not a person. I'm left wing. Don't @ me.
Yeti_of_the_Flow t1_j26lx46 wrote
Makes you not a person, what the hell are you talking about. Oy vey.
f0rtytw0 t1_j27sl1p wrote
Remember, you don't wear a mask to protect yourself, you do it to protect others. The mask doesn't do much to protect you, but it does a lot to keep your shit from spreading.
So you could have COVID, be pre-symptomatic or asymptomatic but be spreading it everywhere. This is one the reasons it was able to spread so quickly in the past, if I feel fine, don't think I am sick, then I see no reason to take any measures, like wearing a mask.
firestar27 t1_j2970q7 wrote
>Remember, you don't wear a mask to protect yourself, you do it to protect others. The mask doesn't do much to protect you, but it does a lot to keep your shit from spreading.
This was commonly thought earlier in the pandemic, but now we know that a good mask can protect you just fine. I don't think that cloth mask will do much in that regard, but a medical mask will help protect you somewhat, and a properly worn N95 will give you solid (but not perfect) protection. Masks still protect others, and I'd guess they probably protect others more than they protect you, but they do protect you, and so it can still be worth wearing a good mask even just to reduce your personal risk.
Academic_Guava_4190 t1_j26fso5 wrote
I have still been wearing masks in places like grocery stores, pharmacies, post office, etc where people sick, vulnerable, and the like may HAVE to go regardless of your health status. But I definitely think people should not be going out to eat or the movies what have you if they aren’t feeling well.
lqdizzle t1_j25qdzd wrote
Put me out of work for months and I lost things I won’t get back. It absolutely forced a lot on me. Get vaxxed. wear a mask and protect yourself if you’re extra vulnerable. That’s appropriate.
gacduece t1_j26js1l wrote
The vulnerable were fine before covid.
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