People still masking every day at work

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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 have a neighbor like this, so I believe it.
I think she just puts on her mask and doesn’t take it off until she is back home (if then).

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Anonymous wrote:I think the anti mask pps here just have some anger they need to work out with a therapist.

The only angry person angry here is you. Everyone else just thinks you and the other car-maskers are nuts.

If someone is in a car with someone sick, has health issues or is an uber/lyft driver, it makes sense. For allergies, it makes sense... why do you care?

And if they're just driving around with their imaginary friend?

Then it still doesnt concern you.

Right. But it's still weird.

You should really talk to your therapist about your obsession with masking and lack of empathy.

There's a ton of empathy on this thread. Many feel very sorry for the maskers and concerned of their apparent untreated mental illnesses.

The anti-maskers on this thread are projecting big time!

What kind of sad sack are you that you post stuff like this anonymously? You shouldn't be talking about untreated mental illnesses to anybody until you get your own house in order.

You don't think it is important to treat mental illness?

Of course I do. Let's start with yours and the other bizarrely anti-mask people on this thread. Unlike the people who are masking for their own health reasons and not bothering you at all, you are taking out your anxiety on strangers on the internet.

You're the one bizarrely attacking others. Everyone else is just saying it's weird and sad.

Saying wearing a mask is "weird and sad" is insulting. And inaccurate. It is unfortunate that you don't realize that. PPs have given completely rational reasons for wearing masks.

Entreating someone with a terrible fear of masks to seek help for their anxiety isn't attacking them. They are irrationally angry about something that doesn't harm them. They are insulting people with medical conditions. This is concerning.

I don't know why you think anyone is angry here except for you. You're obviously upset that people are concerned about your mental wellness.

Nope. Not angry. Annoyed perhaps. People like you trot out the "why are you angry" in attempt to shut down people who disagree with you or catch you in your nonsense. I am no longer masking unless required and I am not one of the triggered anti-masker posters. I am simply tired of people who keep making these stupid threads and attacking people who choose to mask. it's at best ignorant and at worst mean-spirited.

[Anonymous]

I had covid over the winter, and it was horrible. I don't want to go through that again. While I haven't been masking in public places, I do not think it odd if others do.

They may have a relative at home with cancer.

They may have a slow-growing lymphoma or leukemia that means they have a lowered immunity.

So many reasons why they may still mask. Not really your business why!

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People still masking are total nut jobs and deserve to all be sent to an island. The end.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the anti mask pps here just have some anger they need to work out with a therapist.

The only angry person angry here is you. Everyone else just thinks you and the other car-maskers are nuts.

If someone is in a car with someone sick, has health issues or is an uber/lyft driver, it makes sense. For allergies, it makes sense... why do you care?

And if they're just driving around with their imaginary friend?

Then it still doesnt concern you.

Right. But it's still weird.

You should really talk to your therapist about your obsession with masking and lack of empathy.

There's a ton of empathy on this thread. Many feel very sorry for the maskers and concerned of their apparent untreated mental illnesses.

The anti-maskers on this thread are projecting big time!

What kind of sad sack are you that you post stuff like this anonymously? You shouldn't be talking about untreated mental illnesses to anybody until you get your own house in order.

You don't think it is important to treat mental illness?

Of course I do. Let's start with yours and the other bizarrely anti-mask people on this thread. Unlike the people who are masking for their own health reasons and not bothering you at all, you are taking out your anxiety on strangers on the internet.

You're the one bizarrely attacking others. Everyone else is just saying it's weird and sad.

Saying wearing a mask is "weird and sad" is insulting. And inaccurate. It is unfortunate that you don't realize that. PPs have given completely rational reasons for wearing masks.

Entreating someone with a terrible fear of masks to seek help for their anxiety isn't attacking them. They are irrationally angry about something that doesn't harm them. They are insulting people with medical conditions. This is concerning.

I don't know why you think anyone is angry here except for you. You're obviously upset that people are concerned about your mental wellness.

Nope. Not angry. Annoyed perhaps. People like you trot out the "why are you angry" in attempt to shut down people who disagree with you or catch you in your nonsense. I am no longer masking unless required and I am not one of the triggered anti-masker posters. I am simply tired of people who keep making these stupid threads and attacking people who choose to mask. it's at best ignorant and at worst mean-spirited.

You were the one that first trotted out the "why are you angry" line. How odd. No one here "attacked" maskers-- expressing confusion and concern is not an attack.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the anti mask pps here just have some anger they need to work out with a therapist.

The only angry person angry here is you. Everyone else just thinks you and the other car-maskers are nuts.

If someone is in a car with someone sick, has health issues or is an uber/lyft driver, it makes sense. For allergies, it makes sense... why do you care?

And if they're just driving around with their imaginary friend?

Then it still doesnt concern you.

Right. But it's still weird.

You should really talk to your therapist about your obsession with masking and lack of empathy.

There's a ton of empathy on this thread. Many feel very sorry for the maskers and concerned of their apparent untreated mental illnesses.

The anti-maskers on this thread are projecting big time!

What kind of sad sack are you that you post stuff like this anonymously? You shouldn't be talking about untreated mental illnesses to anybody until you get your own house in order.

You don't think it is important to treat mental illness?

Of course I do. Let's start with yours and the other bizarrely anti-mask people on this thread. Unlike the people who are masking for their own health reasons and not bothering you at all, you are taking out your anxiety on strangers on the internet.

You're the one bizarrely attacking others. Everyone else is just saying it's weird and sad.

Saying wearing a mask is "weird and sad" is insulting. And inaccurate. It is unfortunate that you don't realize that. PPs have given completely rational reasons for wearing masks.

Entreating someone with a terrible fear of masks to seek help for their anxiety isn't attacking them. They are irrationally angry about something that doesn't harm them. They are insulting people with medical conditions. This is concerning.

I don't know why you think anyone is angry here except for you. You're obviously upset that people are concerned about your mental wellness.

Nope. Not angry. Annoyed perhaps. People like you trot out the "why are you angry" in attempt to shut down people who disagree with you or catch you in your nonsense. I am no longer masking unless required and I am not one of the triggered anti-masker posters. I am simply tired of people who keep making these stupid threads and attacking people who choose to mask. it's at best ignorant and at worst mean-spirited.

You were the one that first trotted out the "why are you angry" line. How odd. No one here "attacked" maskers-- expressing confusion and concern is not an attack.

Of course it’s an attack.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People still masking are total nut jobs and deserve to all be sent to an island. The end.

Speaking of nut jobs, look in the mirror lately.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are some who wear masks and I don’t think anything of it. It’s nice that now we can wear masks or expect others to when we have any kind of respiratory illness and there are now fewer bugs going around the office. I don’t care why you’re doing it - you do you.

There is a fellow in my office building who makes me sad, however. I watched him today and it’s like other days. He is fully masked. He’s in the kitchenette and he washes his hands, twice, and dries them. He then goes over to the hand sanitizer pump (no touch) and gets about three pumps and scrubs his hands. Then he goes back to the paper towel machine (no touch) to get a paper towel so he can press the elevator button. I feel nothing but sadness and compassion because you can’t be happy if you are that afraid.

Sounds fake.

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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.

If they have weak immune system, they need to try to minimize risk of infections in every way possible.

The pandemic has convinced a large number of people that they're suddenly and significantly immunocompromised. And some are, but many aren't. If you're not on corticosteroids, biologics, chemo, or radiation therapy, you're probably not significantly immunocompromised.

You have no basis for this statement other than the fact that you are....a big jerk. Who do you think you are? Are the spirit reader? A DCUM psychic.

go away.

You haven't noticed a significant increase in the number of people claiming to be immunocompromised? Where were all these people during previous flu seasons?

No.

Do you mean in your day-to-day or here on DCUM?

I think you are noticing more because you are paying attention to it. I do think people talk about it more, because of how the pandemic changed discussions about health. Maybe they kept it to themselves more.

Why weren't these people similarly concerned during flu seasons?

What makes you think it's just covid? I'm more concerned about colds and flu. Time for you to get mental health treatment for your anxiety with masks and your lack of empathy. Perhaps its a personality disorder?

Cool. But you know we had cold, flu, and masks in 2019, right?

Cool, so why do you care if others make choices different from you? You know it's been 5 years now and some have developed health issues since then? Oh wait, that goes back to empathy and you have none.

Still waiting for your diagnosis or medical test results.

I have several and finally going through more testing and awaiting the results. Wish I was blessed with your health.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not understanding why others care so much about this.

This. We have people who still mask. Maybe they have a serious health issue. Maybe it has become a security blanket. Or maybe they have horrible acne and find masks cover it up. The real question is - why do you care? Unless they are insisting you mask, I do not see how this affects you.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the anti mask pps here just have some anger they need to work out with a therapist.

The only angry person angry here is you. Everyone else just thinks you and the other car-maskers are nuts.

If someone is in a car with someone sick, has health issues or is an uber/lyft driver, it makes sense. For allergies, it makes sense... why do you care?

And if they're just driving around with their imaginary friend?

Then it still doesnt concern you.

Right. But it's still weird.

You should really talk to your therapist about your obsession with masking and lack of empathy.

There's a ton of empathy on this thread. Many feel very sorry for the maskers and concerned of their apparent untreated mental illnesses.

The anti-maskers on this thread are projecting big time!

What kind of sad sack are you that you post stuff like this anonymously? You shouldn't be talking about untreated mental illnesses to anybody until you get your own house in order.

You don't think it is important to treat mental illness?

Of course I do. Let's start with yours and the other bizarrely anti-mask people on this thread. Unlike the people who are masking for their own health reasons and not bothering you at all, you are taking out your anxiety on strangers on the internet.

You're the one bizarrely attacking others. Everyone else is just saying it's weird and sad.

Saying wearing a mask is "weird and sad" is insulting. And inaccurate. It is unfortunate that you don't realize that. PPs have given completely rational reasons for wearing masks.

Entreating someone with a terrible fear of masks to seek help for their anxiety isn't attacking them. They are irrationally angry about something that doesn't harm them. They are insulting people with medical conditions. This is concerning.

I don't know why you think anyone is angry here except for you. You're obviously upset that people are concerned about your mental wellness.

Nope. Not angry. Annoyed perhaps. People like you trot out the "why are you angry" in attempt to shut down people who disagree with you or catch you in your nonsense. I am no longer masking unless required and I am not one of the triggered anti-masker posters. I am simply tired of people who keep making these stupid threads and attacking people who choose to mask. it's at best ignorant and at worst mean-spirited.

You were the one that first trotted out the "why are you angry" line. How odd. No one here "attacked" maskers-- expressing confusion and concern is not an attack.

Concern and confusion for what?

[Anonymous]

This seems fake. It’s not like fed agencies are small. How in the world would you know the coworker masks in the car alone?

If you want to see how people feel, just ask. Stop with the fake stories.

[Anonymous]

When I see people out and about with n95 or similar I assume they have covid at this point or an illness that makes them very vulnerable.

I know a family where the kids (later elementary) are wearing cloth masks all the time. This just makes no sense to me at this point and seems sad for the kids. Cloth makes do literally nothing.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the anti mask pps here just have some anger they need to work out with a therapist.

The only angry person angry here is you. Everyone else just thinks you and the other car-maskers are nuts.

If someone is in a car with someone sick, has health issues or is an uber/lyft driver, it makes sense. For allergies, it makes sense... why do you care?

And if they're just driving around with their imaginary friend?

Then it still doesnt concern you.

Right. But it's still weird.

You should really talk to your therapist about your obsession with masking and lack of empathy.

There's a ton of empathy on this thread. Many feel very sorry for the maskers and concerned of their apparent untreated mental illnesses.

The anti-maskers on this thread are projecting big time!

What kind of sad sack are you that you post stuff like this anonymously? You shouldn't be talking about untreated mental illnesses to anybody until you get your own house in order.

You don't think it is important to treat mental illness?

Of course I do. Let's start with yours and the other bizarrely anti-mask people on this thread. Unlike the people who are masking for their own health reasons and not bothering you at all, you are taking out your anxiety on strangers on the internet.

You're the one bizarrely attacking others. Everyone else is just saying it's weird and sad.

Saying wearing a mask is "weird and sad" is insulting. And inaccurate. It is unfortunate that you don't realize that. PPs have given completely rational reasons for wearing masks.

Entreating someone with a terrible fear of masks to seek help for their anxiety isn't attacking them. They are irrationally angry about something that doesn't harm them. They are insulting people with medical conditions. This is concerning.

I don't know why you think anyone is angry here except for you. You're obviously upset that people are concerned about your mental wellness.

Nope. Not angry. Annoyed perhaps. People like you trot out the "why are you angry" in attempt to shut down people who disagree with you or catch you in your nonsense. I am no longer masking unless required and I am not one of the triggered anti-masker posters. I am simply tired of people who keep making these stupid threads and attacking people who choose to mask. it's at best ignorant and at worst mean-spirited.

You were the one that first trotted out the "why are you angry" line. How odd. No one here "attacked" maskers-- expressing confusion and concern is not an attack.

Yes, thank you.

This is just a simple question, yet for some reason, certain people in this thread became hyper-defensive.

[Anonymous]

Who cares if someone else is masked or not? I’m a cancer patient going through chemo now. I mask when I do high risk stuff (train, airplane) and on the days that my WBC is super low. No one has batted an eye.

BTW, my cancer center told me if I get COVID, I can’t step foot in the center for at least a week until after I test negative. That sends my chemo cycle really out of whack. So if you see someone masking, give them space and grace!