People still masking every day at work

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Anonymous wrote:I am OP. First,

- thanks to those who could provide rational answers in a calm manner.

Eye-opening to me were those who nearly died of Covid, back when there was no vaccine, and were legitimately traumatized. I can see your point; I wish you peace & health.

As to all those who really flipped out in this thread, became irrational, and even triggered over a simple, reasonable, normal expression of human curiosity: wow.

Just, wow. You’ve confirmed what I suspected all along: mental illnesses in the DMV are out of control and extremely widespread. Mental illness and intolerance. You can’t even tolerate a question without becoming irate? Again - wow.

I believe many who responded here have health issues which a mask is not going to prevent (if you know what I mean). I hope you get help and can find a pathway back to sanity.

OP, a mask absolutely helps in preventing colds, flu and virus. You are the one with mental illness given you are so triggered by this and feel you need to bully others into believing what you do. You are the intolerant one.

People are still dying of covid. A child just died of covid earlier this year in MCPS.

My parent died last fall as someone at their dining table had covid, and spread it. My parent caught it, and it caused other issues and after a few weeks on a vent, they passed. That's a pretty miserable and unnecessary way to go because someone like you was too selfish to isolate when they were sick.

Sadly, people are still in denial. Masks do work. And so do vaccines. We are all here today, mostly mask-free because of vaccines. And there are still deniers and selfish people who don't care about anyone but themselves.

Nothing in life is 100% including masks and vaccines but they sure do help a lot!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anti-maskers: why does your doctor wear one then, when performing surgery?

Of course. But he doesn’t wear it during the consult when we’re talking, postop, preop, or any other time.

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Anonymous wrote:The unvaxxed typically don't mask.

+1 lol

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Anonymous wrote:There are a few people at my federal office who are still masking every day. One of them wears rubber gloves and masks-up every day. One of them drives to work while masked up, alone, in her car.

Should I assume they are unvaxxed? Just super paranoid or something??

I find this so weird.

You should assume that they or someone in their household is immuno-compromised

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve never seen someone masking while appearing symptomatic of any kind of illness. It’s not done out of courtesy—at least, not in this country. In actuality, in America, people mask to be discourteous and shame others who aren’t equally “cautious.”

+1. At this point, it’s mostly crazy people masking. I encountered a couple at Wegmans several weeks ago who started yelling at me in the produce section because they thought I got too close to them. They were both wearing N95s. If you’re inmunocompromised, you’re not shopping at Wegmans in the middle of a Saturday. They just wanted to virtue signal.

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Anonymous wrote:There are a few people at my federal office who are still masking every day. One of them wears rubber gloves and masks-up every day. One of them drives to work while masked up, alone, in her car.

Should I assume they are unvaxxed? Just super paranoid or something??

I find this so weird.

You should mind your business. It could be many things including having an underlying condition you don't know about. And seeing what kind of thoughtless, dirty pigs people revealed themselves to be during COVID (seriously people, cover your mouths and wash your hands), maybe they are being more careful.

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Anonymous wrote:I am OP. First,

- thanks to those who could provide rational answers in a calm manner.

Eye-opening to me were those who nearly died of Covid, back when there was no vaccine, and were legitimately traumatized. I can see your point; I wish you peace & health.

As to all those who really flipped out in this thread, became irrational, and even triggered over a simple, reasonable, normal expression of human curiosity: wow.

Just, wow. You’ve confirmed what I suspected all along: mental illnesses in the DMV are out of control and extremely widespread. Mental illness and intolerance. You can’t even tolerate a question without becoming irate? Again - wow.

I believe many who responded here have health issues which a mask is not going to prevent (if you know what I mean). I hope you get help and can find a pathway back to sanity.

OP, a mask absolutely helps in preventing colds, flu and virus. You are the one with mental illness given you are so triggered by this and feel you need to bully others into believing what you do. You are the intolerant one.

People are still dying of covid. A child just died of covid earlier this year in MCPS.

My parent died last fall as someone at their dining table had covid, and spread it. My parent caught it, and it caused other issues and after a few weeks on a vent, they passed. That's a pretty miserable and unnecessary way to go because someone like you was too selfish to isolate when they were sick.

Sadly, people are still in denial. Masks do work. And so do vaccines. We are all here today, mostly mask-free because of vaccines. And there are still deniers and selfish people who don't care about anyone but themselves.

Nothing in life is 100% including masks and vaccines but they sure do help a lot!!

Vaccines are not that helpful. They don't stop transmission. People hiding behind vaccines are being foolish.

Masking isn't just about covid, but also colds and flu.

If you want those of us who mask to stop, simple, stay home when you are sick and keep your kids home when they are stick to help stop the spread. Your two day cold lasts months for me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve never seen someone masking while appearing symptomatic of any kind of illness. It’s not done out of courtesy—at least, not in this country. In actuality, in America, people mask to be discourteous and shame others who aren’t equally “cautious.”

+1. At this point, it’s mostly crazy people masking. I encountered a couple at Wegmans several weeks ago who started yelling at me in the produce section because they thought I got too close to them. They were both wearing N95s. If you’re inmunocompromised, you’re not shopping at Wegmans in the middle of a Saturday. They just wanted to virtue signal.

Stop making up stuff.

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Yeah, I think masking absent a medical condition is beyond stupid and potentially bad because you limit exposure to germs which does not help our immune systems get stronger. I do think with many that they cannot get out of the April 2020 mindset. Having said that, so long as I am never subjected to a mask or vaccine mandate, I do not give a $hit if people wear them in stores, in cars by themselves, or at home. People need to mind their own business on both sides of this debate.

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Anonymous wrote:Don't even need to read this. It's 5 pages of MYOB, you're a monster who doesn't care about people, they're immunocompromised or they have allergies or they live with someone who is immunocompromised. And why do you care anyway???????????? Who are you to judge???????????????

Am I right?

Yes, OP I also notice and I know people in my life who still mask and I know their personal situations and it's not any of the above. Some portion of these people just have mental health issues (anxiety) but saying that or thinking that will just get you berated.

Was coming here to post just this. Yes, there are legitimate reasons for some to mask. But the one person I know who still does religiously—and carries around not one, but two CO2 monitors AND requires her teenagers to mask outside—has none of those reasons and had mental health problems before Covid came along to give her something new to fixate on.

We're also supposed to act like it's perfectly normal to talk to these people with masks on and never see their face and it's no trouble hearing them either. If you mention any of that, you will similarly get berated.

Just don't say anything OP.

Yes, you are supposed to "act like...". Too bad so sad.
About a year and a half ago a duo from the DOD IG office came to interview a team regarding a routine audit, we met with them one at a time, during my meeting, at the beginning, one of the guys said "oh I won't be able to hear you with your mask"--we were sitting around a very small table. I ignored him and meeting proceeded.

Er...what if he legitimately had a hearing problem? For some people they need to read lips.

And, he can get a hearing aid. Very few people are lip readers and if they were they'd identify themselves.

I am severely hearing impaired and wear hearing aids. You clearly have no idea what it’s like to have hearing loss, as hearing aids cannot completely fix the problem and give the users perfect hearing. They are not like glasses or contacts. Those who wear hearing aids rely heavily on lip reading and body language to understand speech. Masks are an absolute disaster for me and I thank God I don’t have to go to an office and interact with masked people because I would never have any idea what’s going on.

Perhaps I don’t want to “identify myself” to jerks like the PP who refuse to unmask even when asked by someone with a real handicap.

And what does that have to do with regular people out and about? Do you froth at the mouth seeing people masking in grocery stores, or only at the office?

And what are you getting on about, frothing at the mouth?! No, I don't CARE if people out and about, or even at an office have a mask on. To each their own. I was replying to the PP who stated that people in meetings who can't hear masked people could just "get a hearing aid" and "very few people are lip readers". That comment simply demonstrates a complete lack of understanding of those who cannot hear. And also a serious lack of empathy again, for someone with a legitimate disability.

So your answer is that you, 1 person on this thread, potentially website, use lip reading to read?
Seems like that makes the point of pp. This isnt a common occurrence, and you sound like an entitled twit asking someone to risk their health because you hate masks.

Cool it. I'm another person who relies on lip reading as I have terrible hearing. When masking was at its peak, it was definitely a challenge. I put up with it. But now it's rarely a problem because so few people mask, and the few times someone in a mask starts talking to me, I just smile politely and shake my head and otherwise ignore them.

No one masks in my office and haven't masked in my office for about a year and a half. Major F500 firm. I have noticed outside a few specific types of environments, very, very few people are still masking. You see people with masks on subways and trains but they typically take it off as soon as they leave the carriages.

The one place I do see masking are progressive left wing protests and sit-ins. Not sure why they have strongly embraced masking as part of their identity. But it does make me wonder about the mentality that attracts people to still masking. All the health reasons people give on this forum existed before COVID in a world that was just as dangerous to the very sick, but no one masked back then. And I won't forget how we all wore pointless cloth masks for a year and it turned out they were useless.

People in Japan were masking before covid.

No, they weren't wearing masks unless they were sick. Sometimes if air quality got bad (more in China).

They absolutely were. And in Korea. And in Taiwan. And in Singapore.
This started during the SARS outbreak and continued on. Please don't spread false news.

No, they weren't. Not in large numbers.

Yes. In large numbers they were. Maybe you are not asian or have never been to asia, but please don't continue spreading this. You have no idea what you're talking about, stop trying to twist this to fit your political narrative.

I absolutely have. Did I see masks? Sure, but people weren't wearing them inside in professional settings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am OP. First,

- thanks to those who could provide rational answers in a calm manner.

Eye-opening to me were those who nearly died of Covid, back when there was no vaccine, and were legitimately traumatized. I can see your point; I wish you peace & health.

As to all those who really flipped out in this thread, became irrational, and even triggered over a simple, reasonable, normal expression of human curiosity: wow.

Just, wow. You’ve confirmed what I suspected all along: mental illnesses in the DMV are out of control and extremely widespread. Mental illness and intolerance. You can’t even tolerate a question without becoming irate? Again - wow.

I believe many who responded here have health issues which a mask is not going to prevent (if you know what I mean). I hope you get help and can find a pathway back to sanity.

OP, a mask absolutely helps in preventing colds, flu and virus. You are the one with mental illness given you are so triggered by this and feel you need to bully others into believing what you do. You are the intolerant one.

People are still dying of covid. A child just died of covid earlier this year in MCPS.

My parent died last fall as someone at their dining table had covid, and spread it. My parent caught it, and it caused other issues and after a few weeks on a vent, they passed. That's a pretty miserable and unnecessary way to go because someone like you was too selfish to isolate when they were sick.

Sadly, people are still in denial. Masks do work. And so do vaccines. We are all here today, mostly mask-free because of vaccines. And there are still deniers and selfish people who don't care about anyone but themselves.

Nothing in life is 100% including masks and vaccines but they sure do help a lot!!

Vaccines are not that helpful. They don't stop transmission. People hiding behind vaccines are being foolish.

Masking isn't just about covid, but also colds and flu.

If you want those of us who mask to stop, simple, stay home when you are sick and keep your kids home when they are stick to help stop the spread. Your two day cold lasts months for me.

You don't need vaccines to stop transmission. You just need them to prevent people from getting any more sick than they did from the flu/colds before covid, which people didn't think were worth masking over.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd say 20% of the folks I work with still mask at work. Maybe even a higher percentage.

But masking alone in her car doesn't make sense. I almost don't believe that detail.

I am not the OP and I have seen people wearing a mask while in the car alone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am OP. First,

- thanks to those who could provide rational answers in a calm manner.

Eye-opening to me were those who nearly died of Covid, back when there was no vaccine, and were legitimately traumatized. I can see your point; I wish you peace & health.

As to all those who really flipped out in this thread, became irrational, and even triggered over a simple, reasonable, normal expression of human curiosity: wow.

Just, wow. You’ve confirmed what I suspected all along: mental illnesses in the DMV are out of control and extremely widespread. Mental illness and intolerance. You can’t even tolerate a question without becoming irate? Again - wow.

I believe many who responded here have health issues which a mask is not going to prevent (if you know what I mean). I hope you get help and can find a pathway back to sanity.

OP, a mask absolutely helps in preventing colds, flu and virus. You are the one with mental illness given you are so triggered by this and feel you need to bully others into believing what you do. You are the intolerant one.

People are still dying of covid. A child just died of covid earlier this year in MCPS.

My parent died last fall as someone at their dining table had covid, and spread it. My parent caught it, and it caused other issues and after a few weeks on a vent, they passed. That's a pretty miserable and unnecessary way to go because someone like you was too selfish to isolate when they were sick.

People die from a variety of causes-- roughly 8,500 a day. Covid makes up only a small fraction of those-- overwhelmingly in people that are elderly or have severe chronic conditions, both of which place them at significant increased of death even without covid.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd say 20% of the folks I work with still mask at work. Maybe even a higher percentage.

But masking alone in her car doesn't make sense. I almost don't believe that detail.

I am not the OP and I have seen people wearing a mask while in the car alone.

I still see it occasionally, but it has gotten pretty rare. At least my neighbor has stopped wearing a face shield when she drives!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve never seen someone masking while appearing symptomatic of any kind of illness. It’s not done out of courtesy—at least, not in this country. In actuality, in America, people mask to be discourteous and shame others who aren’t equally “cautious.”

What does symptomatic

I have a very allergic kid who masks a lot in the spring due to pollen. He doesn't "appear symptomatic" if you see him.

That was one thing I discovered during the mask mandates. Very few allergy and asthma symptoms.