Why are Montgomery County residents so über covid conscious?

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Anonymous wrote:I think generally, very liberal areas tend to think of the collective, whereas the red areas are much more about the individual, and "I do what I like as long as it's not illegal".. "don't tread on me".

That's also why very liberal areas tend to have higher tax rates, higher minimum wage, more social welfare, do more things for the poor.

It's a collective mindset vs individual mindset.

BS. Liberals are generally very selfish people who only care about themselves and their kids. The rest is self-righteous performance.

That's pretty much it. Masking lets the type of self-important, self-righteous liberals who infest the DMV show off how much they care.

Masking is saving lives. Masking is helping to control COVID. Grow up and stop being the problem.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just really don’t want covid in any way shape or form and if I can do a very small, not very bothersome or invasive thing to help make sure that doesn’t happen then I’m happy to do it. I don’t wear them outdoors but I do not go inside of restaurants to eat.

This is something people need to wrap their minds around: Covid is not going away. We are all going to get it in our lifetimes, probably multiple times. If you're vaccinated and don't otherwise have serious health issues, you are incredibly likely to have a mild case when you do get it.

Even fanatical places like Australia have accepted that trying to stamp out covid completely is not going to happen.

Take your time, if you need to, but you're eventually going to have to accept reality.

I am one of the PPs upthread who said that I never wore masks outdoors but am otherwise quite cautious in that I don’t travel (not quite true, we’ve made a few short trips in our own car) and don’t eat inside restaurants. The ONLY reason I am taking these precautions are my unvaccinated kids, and the reason I *really* don’t want them to catch Covid is because of the consequences imposed by society - lengthy isolation, and even longer quarantine for the sibling, as well as quarantines for other kids if they expose anyone at school. Once we as a society take a more relaxed approach to Covid infections, I won’t worry anymore. I completely agree that it is not going away, and I hope we come to terms with that sooner rather than later.

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Anonymous wrote:Because we have some sense and don't want to die.

You have a better chance of dying from hundreds of other things besides catching COVID after walking around outside unmasked.

According to polls, liberals believe you have a 65% chance of being hospitalized if you catch the virus.

So much for the claim that liberals are better-educated or smarter.

So, you know more than my doctors do about my health?

As far as I know, you could be a dog who learned to post on the internet.

Your personal situation may be different, but most people have an incredibly overblown feat of covid. The reality is, unless you're over 65 and/or already ill, covid poses little risk to you.

People in the DC area, especially highly liberal enclaves like MoCo, are risk-averse and anxious. How else do you explain healthy 40 year-olds living their lives at a cautious level equal to a diabetic 70 year-old?

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Anonymous wrote:I think generally, very liberal areas tend to think of the collective, whereas the red areas are much more about the individual, and "I do what I like as long as it's not illegal".. "don't tread on me".

That's also why very liberal areas tend to have higher tax rates, higher minimum wage, more social welfare, do more things for the poor.

It's a collective mindset vs individual mindset.

BS. Liberals are generally very selfish people who only care about themselves and their kids. The rest is self-righteous performance.

That's pretty much it. Masking lets the type of self-important, self-righteous liberals who infest the DMV show off how much they care.

Masking is saving lives. Masking is helping to control COVID. Grow up and stop being the problem.

Masking or not-masking hasn't made any meaningful difference to the trajectory of covid surges, anywhere.

The only thing that's made a difference is vaccination.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just really don’t want covid in any way shape or form and if I can do a very small, not very bothersome or invasive thing to help make sure that doesn’t happen then I’m happy to do it. I don’t wear them outdoors but I do not go inside of restaurants to eat.

This is something people need to wrap their minds around: Covid is not going away. We are all going to get it in our lifetimes, probably multiple times. If you're vaccinated and don't otherwise have serious health issues, you are incredibly likely to have a mild case when you do get it.

Even fanatical places like Australia have accepted that trying to stamp out covid completely is not going to happen.

Take your time, if you need to, but you're eventually going to have to accept reality.

I am one of the PPs upthread who said that I never wore masks outdoors but am otherwise quite cautious in that I don’t travel (not quite true, we’ve made a few short trips in our own car) and don’t eat inside restaurants. The ONLY reason I am taking these precautions are my unvaccinated kids, and the reason I *really* don’t want them to catch Covid is because of the consequences imposed by society - lengthy isolation, and even longer quarantine for the sibling, as well as quarantines for other kids if they expose anyone at school. Once we as a society take a more relaxed approach to Covid infections, I won’t worry anymore. I completely agree that it is not going away, and I hope we come to terms with that sooner rather than later.

You are not at all cautious and are jus pretending. Be real. Stop pretending like you are being careful. There is nothing about your behavior beyond not eating inside restaurants that is cautious. Nothing. We have a very relaxed approach with covid. The only precautious are masking in schools. There are zero other precautions. Covid is here because fo folks like you who are fake being careful and pushing the spread.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think generally, very liberal areas tend to think of the collective, whereas the red areas are much more about the individual, and "I do what I like as long as it's not illegal".. "don't tread on me".

That's also why very liberal areas tend to have higher tax rates, higher minimum wage, more social welfare, do more things for the poor.

It's a collective mindset vs individual mindset.

BS. Liberals are generally very selfish people who only care about themselves and their kids. The rest is self-righteous performance.

That's pretty much it. Masking lets the type of self-important, self-righteous liberals who infest the DMV show off how much they care.

Masking is saving lives. Masking is helping to control COVID. Grow up and stop being the problem.

Masking or not-masking hasn't made any meaningful difference to the trajectory of covid surges, anywhere.

The only thing that's made a difference is vaccination.

Absolutely not true. Keep making up stories. Masking has been helping in schools and other places. Plenty of information on it. Vaccines help the person who has taken it but not in reducing spread as those vaccinated are getting covid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think generally, very liberal areas tend to think of the collective, whereas the red areas are much more about the individual, and "I do what I like as long as it's not illegal".. "don't tread on me".

That's also why very liberal areas tend to have higher tax rates, higher minimum wage, more social welfare, do more things for the poor.

It's a collective mindset vs individual mindset.

BS. Liberals are generally very selfish people who only care about themselves and their kids. The rest is self-righteous performance.

That's pretty much it. Masking lets the type of self-important, self-righteous liberals who infest the DMV show off how much they care.

Masking is saving lives. Masking is helping to control COVID. Grow up and stop being the problem.

Masking outdoors is not saving lives or helping to control covid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think generally, very liberal areas tend to think of the collective, whereas the red areas are much more about the individual, and "I do what I like as long as it's not illegal".. "don't tread on me".

That's also why very liberal areas tend to have higher tax rates, higher minimum wage, more social welfare, do more things for the poor.

It's a collective mindset vs individual mindset.

BS. Liberals are generally very selfish people who only care about themselves and their kids. The rest is self-righteous performance.

A lot of people who refuse to get the vax do so not because of religious reasons, but because they were told to do it (mandate). That's the ultimate selfish reason - I won't do x because someone told me to do it even though it would protect me, my family and the public. Very childish and selfish. Those people are generally not the liberals.

As for masking outside when it's not crowded, it is ridiculous and purely theater, EXCEPT if the person is immunocompromised, which no one can tell just by looking at the person. I don't care if the person masks outdoors when it's not crowded. Why do you care?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just really don’t want covid in any way shape or form and if I can do a very small, not very bothersome or invasive thing to help make sure that doesn’t happen then I’m happy to do it. I don’t wear them outdoors but I do not go inside of restaurants to eat.

This is something people need to wrap their minds around: Covid is not going away. We are all going to get it in our lifetimes, probably multiple times. If you're vaccinated and don't otherwise have serious health issues, you are incredibly likely to have a mild case when you do get it.

Even fanatical places like Australia have accepted that trying to stamp out covid completely is not going to happen.

Take your time, if you need to, but you're eventually going to have to accept reality.

I am one of the PPs upthread who said that I never wore masks outdoors but am otherwise quite cautious in that I don’t travel (not quite true, we’ve made a few short trips in our own car) and don’t eat inside restaurants. The ONLY reason I am taking these precautions are my unvaccinated kids, and the reason I *really* don’t want them to catch Covid is because of the consequences imposed by society - lengthy isolation, and even longer quarantine for the sibling, as well as quarantines for other kids if they expose anyone at school. Once we as a society take a more relaxed approach to Covid infections, I won’t worry anymore. I completely agree that it is not going away, and I hope we come to terms with that sooner rather than later.

You are not at all cautious and are jus pretending. Be real. Stop pretending like you are being careful. There is nothing about your behavior beyond not eating inside restaurants that is cautious. Nothing. We have a very relaxed approach with covid. The only precautious are masking in schools. There are zero other precautions. Covid is here because fo folks like you who are fake being careful and pushing the spread.

WTF. You have no idea what I do in my life that would contribute to spread. What do you assume I am doing that is risky? If it’s sending my kids to school, then yeah, we are doing that, without apology. But if you are one of those who think schools should still be closed (and if you even supported the closures throughout the past year and a half), we have nothing to say to each other, and I better keep my thoughts about you to myself.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just really don’t want covid in any way shape or form and if I can do a very small, not very bothersome or invasive thing to help make sure that doesn’t happen then I’m happy to do it. I don’t wear them outdoors but I do not go inside of restaurants to eat.

This is something people need to wrap their minds around: Covid is not going away. We are all going to get it in our lifetimes, probably multiple times. If you're vaccinated and don't otherwise have serious health issues, you are incredibly likely to have a mild case when you do get it.

Even fanatical places like Australia have accepted that trying to stamp out covid completely is not going to happen.

Take your time, if you need to, but you're eventually going to have to accept reality.

We’re all going to get flu and colds, we’ll all probably have car accidents but that doesn’t mean you still don’t try to avoid them. All of the things I do or don’t do are not things that impact my quality of life in a meaningful way. Much like wearing a seat belt isn’t a huge inconvenience.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I think generally, very liberal areas tend to think of the collective, whereas the red areas are much more about the individual, and "I do what I like as long as it's not illegal".. "don't tread on me".

That's also why very liberal areas tend to have higher tax rates, higher minimum wage, more social welfare, do more things for the poor.

It's a collective mindset vs individual mindset.

BS. Liberals are generally very selfish people who only care about themselves and their kids. The rest is self-righteous performance.

That's pretty much it. Masking lets the type of self-important, self-righteous liberals who infest the DMV show off how much they care.

Masking is saving lives. Masking is helping to control COVID. Grow up and stop being the problem.

Masking outdoors is not saving lives or helping to control covid.

moco does not make you mask outdoors.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think generally, very liberal areas tend to think of the collective, whereas the red areas are much more about the individual, and "I do what I like as long as it's not illegal".. "don't tread on me".

That's also why very liberal areas tend to have higher tax rates, higher minimum wage, more social welfare, do more things for the poor.

It's a collective mindset vs individual mindset.

BS. Liberals are generally very selfish people who only care about themselves and their kids. The rest is self-righteous performance.

That's pretty much it. Masking lets the type of self-important, self-righteous liberals who infest the DMV show off how much they care.

Masking is saving lives. Masking is helping to control COVID. Grow up and stop being the problem.

Masking outdoors is not saving lives or helping to control covid.

moco does not make you mask outdoors.

dp.. no, they don't, but the discussion isabout individuals who do so. IMO, it could be that they are immuno compromised. shrug.. not sure why some people get triggered by seeing people masked outdoors.

FWIW, I hate masks, but will wear it indoors if required.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think generally, very liberal areas tend to think of the collective, whereas the red areas are much more about the individual, and "I do what I like as long as it's not illegal".. "don't tread on me".

That's also why very liberal areas tend to have higher tax rates, higher minimum wage, more social welfare, do more things for the poor.

It's a collective mindset vs individual mindset.

BS. Liberals are generally very selfish people who only care about themselves and their kids. The rest is self-righteous performance.

That's pretty much it. Masking lets the type of self-important, self-righteous liberals who infest the DMV show off how much they care.

Masking is saving lives. Masking is helping to control COVID. Grow up and stop being the problem.

Masking outdoors is not saving lives or helping to control covid.

moco does not make you mask outdoors.

dp.. no, they don't, but the discussion isabout individuals who do so. IMO, it could be that they are immuno compromised. shrug.. not sure why some people get triggered by seeing people masked outdoors.

FWIW, I hate masks, but will wear it indoors if required.

If you are in very close contact, its a good idea outdoors. I hate masks too and can only do it short periods but always wear one.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think generally, very liberal areas tend to think of the collective, whereas the red areas are much more about the individual, and "I do what I like as long as it's not illegal".. "don't tread on me".

That's also why very liberal areas tend to have higher tax rates, higher minimum wage, more social welfare, do more things for the poor.

It's a collective mindset vs individual mindset.

BS. Liberals are generally very selfish people who only care about themselves and their kids. The rest is self-righteous performance.

That's pretty much it. Masking lets the type of self-important, self-righteous liberals who infest the DMV show off how much they care.

Masking is saving lives. Masking is helping to control COVID. Grow up and stop being the problem.

Masking outdoors is not saving lives or helping to control covid.

moco does not make you mask outdoors.

dp.. no, they don't, but the discussion isabout individuals who do so. IMO, it could be that they are immuno compromised. shrug.. not sure why some people get triggered by seeing people masked outdoors.

FWIW, I hate masks, but will wear it indoors if required.

If you are in very close contact, its a good idea outdoors. I hate masks too and can only do it short periods but always wear one.

If I was shoulder to shoulder, packed in with people like at a protest or something, then sure. But, most people aren't packed in shoulder to shoulder with others when outside.

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Anonymous wrote:I think generally, very liberal areas tend to think of the collective, whereas the red areas are much more about the individual, and "I do what I like as long as it's not illegal".. "don't tread on me".

That's also why very liberal areas tend to have higher tax rates, higher minimum wage, more social welfare, do more things for the poor.

It's a collective mindset vs individual mindset.

BS. Liberals are generally very selfish people who only care about themselves and their kids. The rest is self-righteous performance.

That's pretty much it. Masking lets the type of self-important, self-righteous liberals who infest the DMV show off how much they care.

Masking is saving lives. Masking is helping to control COVID. Grow up and stop being the problem.

Masking outdoors is not saving lives or helping to control covid.

moco does not make you mask outdoors.

dp.. no, they don't, but the discussion isabout individuals who do so. IMO, it could be that they are immuno compromised. shrug.. not sure why some people get triggered by seeing people masked outdoors.

FWIW, I hate masks, but will wear it indoors if required.

If you are in very close contact, its a good idea outdoors. I hate masks too and can only do it short periods but always wear one.

If I was shoulder to shoulder, packed in with people like at a protest or something, then sure. But, most people aren't packed in shoulder to shoulder with others when outside.

DP, and agreed. I’m not “triggered,” but it pisses me off when people insist on masking outdoors as some kind of badge of caution, while insisting that kids still need lengthy quarantines and didn’t need in-person school last year. I’m tired of people who can’t or won’t acknowledge that COVID is not the only public health outcome in the world, and that their excessive caution on that front has negative consequences.