People still masking every day at work

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Anonymous wrote:Half of the teachers at my DC's daycare still mask, although half the time I see them the masks are pulled down under their noses or to their chin completely. I've given up trying to understand, just counting the days until we are done.

Really? Masking stopped in my part of MoCo ages ago. Kids and adults alike.

PP. Also at a MoCo daycare. There is still a sign up encouraging masking, although all the kids stopped a long time ago. If individuals want to mask, fine, but it’s nuts to me that they are still encouraging their employees to do so. And like I said, they’re not wearing them properly a lot of the time anyway, so I assume it’s pressure from the center director rather than genuine health concerns.

If the staff get sick and take off work, whose watching your kid?

So that’s what it’s for, an attempt to minimize the number of days staff calls in sick? I’d be curious if it actually makes a difference, statistically.

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Anonymous wrote: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!

The final conclusion from this thread is that maskers are either the very sick suffering from cancer or the very paranoid suffering from delusion.

I understand and do support those who have genuine health issues. I'm more struck by that I spend a lot of time in DC and a lot of time in another city that is not DC and yet there are far more maskers in DC. Is there more cancer in DC?

I'm more struck by those who are so triggered by the few wearing masks. I hope something studies their paranoia and they can get the help they need.

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Anonymous wrote: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!

The final conclusion from this thread is that maskers are either the very sick suffering from cancer or the very paranoid suffering from delusion.

I understand and do support those who have genuine health issues. I'm more struck by that I spend a lot of time in DC and a lot of time in another city that is not DC and yet there are far more maskers in DC. Is there more cancer in DC?

Why in the world is it your business whether someone masks?

This ? is for anyone spewing about how others are blah blah for wearing one?

Masks are noninvasive, they do not affect anyone else ever. How is it your business?

Judgy church crowd should reread those Bibles.

NP but these maskers sure had an issue with anyone who didn't want to wear these silly do-nothing face rags. They sure had an opinion about it then. I say give it right back to them. Hell, they're the ones afraid of the air.

Don't tell me they stopped the spread because you know as well as I know they didn't.

The fact that you use the term face rag tells us everything we need to know about 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.

what do you mean? The post just above yours calls everyone masking nutjobs. you don't think that's an attack?

let's call it out for what it is - an attack on people who have to mask because they have cancer or an immune deficiency, or live with someone who does.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t have a problem with people masking I’m just going to steer well clear of them as much as I can, unless I know it’s a health thing like cancer.

Fascinating. "Unless you know."

You do realize that people who wear masks are not necessarily going to tell you their business. Why would I announce any health challenges or diagnoses to colleagues? Do you just give folks in a supermarket the side-eye and think, "That one looks old, skinny and sick. Must be cancer."

Right. Why do you think my medical condition is your business? It's not.

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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.

what do you mean? The post just above yours calls everyone masking nutjobs. you don't think that's an attack?

let's call it out for what it is - an attack on people who have to mask because they have cancer or an immune deficiency, or live with someone who does.

Really? They HAVE to mask? What about all the cancer patients in 2019? Why weren't they masking? I'll wait.

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Anonymous wrote: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!

The final conclusion from this thread is that maskers are either the very sick suffering from cancer or the very paranoid suffering from delusion.

I understand and do support those who have genuine health issues. I'm more struck by that I spend a lot of time in DC and a lot of time in another city that is not DC and yet there are far more maskers in DC. Is there more cancer in DC?

Why in the world is it your business whether someone masks?

This ? is for anyone spewing about how others are blah blah for wearing one?

Masks are noninvasive, they do not affect anyone else ever. How is it your business?

Judgy church crowd should reread those Bibles.

NP but these maskers sure had an issue with anyone who didn't want to wear these silly do-nothing face rags. They sure had an opinion about it then. I say give it right back to them. Hell, they're the ones afraid of the air.

Don't tell me they stopped the spread because you know as well as I know they didn't.

The fact that you use the term face rag tells us everything we need to know about you.

NP but it is a face rag. They're disgusting. No one wears them correctly unless they're a medical professional in a surgery setting.

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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?

This has been asked and answered repeatedly. To recap: Yes some people did mask, others are ill now but weren't then, and others had not thought to mask for flu before but now they do.

+1. The fact that people didn't mask before 2020 is irrelevant. We have this tool now, so we can use it.

I'm immune compromised. It never occurred to me to mask in crowds pre Covid. Part of this was that masks were not the norm and were not widely available. Also, we didn't have the awareness we have now about airborne transmission. I still took precautions for my health back then, but I was more focused on hand washing and avoiding crowds during the height of the flu season. Now I still do those things but I also mask too in many situations.

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Wearing a mask all the time is probably bad for the health

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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.

what do you mean? The post just above yours calls everyone masking nutjobs. you don't think that's an attack?

let's call it out for what it is - an attack on people who have to mask because they have cancer or an immune deficiency, or live with someone who does.

Really? They HAVE to mask? What about all the cancer patients in 2019? Why weren't they masking? I'll wait.

Maybe knowledge has evolved. People weren't wearing seatbelts in 1910, but they do now. Feel free to throw off your seatbelt.

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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.

LOL masks weren't invented in 2020, nor was this major medical breakthrough in 2020 like you think it was. Masks have been available for decades but they don't work. If they did, we'd have been wearing them for decades prior to covid. This was all a way for politicians to show they were 'doing something' but it did nothing.

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?

This has been asked and answered repeatedly. To recap: Yes some people did mask, others are ill now but weren't then, and others had not thought to mask for flu before but now they do.

+1. The fact that people didn't mask before 2020 is irrelevant. We have this tool now, so we can use it.

I'm immune compromised. It never occurred to me to mask in crowds pre Covid. Part of this was that masks were not the norm and were not widely available. Also, we didn't have the awareness we have now about airborne transmission. I still took precautions for my health back then, but I was more focused on hand washing and avoiding crowds during the height of the flu season. Now I still do those things but I also mask too in many situations.

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Anonymous wrote:I passed a woman this morning walking her dog, outside, by herself, masked.

Allergies!

Mine have been so bad this year I have considered this.

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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.

what do you mean? The post just above yours calls everyone masking nutjobs. you don't think that's an attack?

let's call it out for what it is - an attack on people who have to mask because they have cancer or an immune deficiency, or live with someone who does.

Really? They HAVE to mask? What about all the cancer patients in 2019? Why weren't they masking? I'll wait.

Maybe knowledge has evolved. People weren't wearing seatbelts in 1910, but they do now. Feel free to throw off your seatbelt.

And were back to comparing masks to seatbelts. LOL. Keep wearing your silly mask like a pacifier. While you're at it, buy a rock and place it on your desk. I heard it prevents elephant attacks! I mean, you don't see any elephants around here do you?

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Anonymous wrote: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!

The final conclusion from this thread is that maskers are either the very sick suffering from cancer or the very paranoid suffering from delusion.

I understand and do support those who have genuine health issues. I'm more struck by that I spend a lot of time in DC and a lot of time in another city that is not DC and yet there are far more maskers in DC. Is there more cancer in DC?

People in surrounding counties are the most highly educated in the US.

We should probably dispense with the idea that the educated were somehow superior during the pandemic because of their education status. They were more likely to blindly follow “experts” even when experts weren’t making any sense at all (and have sense been shown to be making things up).

The educated were more likely to rigorously adhere to the 6ft rule, eschew all social interactions for nearly 2 years (including a long time after vaccine was available), supported opening bars and restaurants (high transmission risk) while also supporting keeping schools closed (low transmission risk), supported the ridiculous cloth masks, were smug about wearing masks being unnecessary in March only to become indignant at not wearing them by April.

So, maybe the education level of the DC area isn’t the best indicator to throw around. Covid exposed how little intellect actually exists among the educated.

It’s more of a class thing. Blue collar or working class Americans still had to go work every day during the height of COVID and couldn’t work from home (transit, nursing, police, firefighters, construction) so their perspectives are different

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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?

This has been asked and answered repeatedly. To recap: Yes some people did mask, others are ill now but weren't then, and others had not thought to mask for flu before but now they do.

+1. The fact that people didn't mask before 2020 is irrelevant. We have this tool now, so we can use it.

I'm immune compromised. It never occurred to me to mask in crowds pre Covid. Part of this was that masks were not the norm and were not widely available. Also, we didn't have the awareness we have now about airborne transmission. I still took precautions for my health back then, but I was more focused on hand washing and avoiding crowds during the height of the flu season. Now I still do those things but I also mask too in many situations.

You mean to tell me masks were invented in 2020? NO THEY WERENT. You know this. And you also know that there was no medical breakthrough in 2020 that said OMG MASKS WORK. They have been at our disposal for decades but they don't work! Else we wouldve been wearing them for decades. You just fell for the propaganda and you won't admit it.