People still masking every day at work

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I don’t get why mask if the vaccine does its job. Wasn’t that the point of the vax to make COVID transmission and symptoms easier ?

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

Hi! I’m op and it’s not that “I care so much!” - really; I have never asked one them and never will - which is why I asked on an anonymous forum that’s free to use.

But don’t you find it a little bit weird to still be doing this in April 2024 ?

You know that people are still dying of COVID in April 2024, not to mention it’s been a rough year for RSV and influenza, and norovirus is making late season rounds?

I think it’s weird that you have some kind of arbitrary expiration date on the health and safety of others, not to mention their comfort in ensuring their own health and safety and that of their loved ones.

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

Hi! I’m op and it’s not that “I care so much!” - really; I have never asked one them and never will - which is why I asked on an anonymous forum that’s free to use.

But don’t you find it a little bit weird to still be doing this in April 2024 ?

You know that people are still dying of COVID in April 2024, not to mention it’s been a rough year for RSV and influenza, and norovirus is making late season rounds?

I think it’s weird that you have some kind of arbitrary expiration date on the health and safety of others, not to mention their comfort in ensuring their own health and safety and that of their loved ones.

Death rates are back to normal levels. Dying of COVID is no different from dying from the regular flu, which happens to the very fragile all the time. Believe what you want, but your masking isn't doing anything to help. It's just theater.

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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.

It's amusing watching defensive people justify their antics. When you do something very visible, of course people are going to comment and wonder, even if politely from a distance.

It's like watching the pro-Gaza protestors storm the Google offices. All young. All wearing masks. Nobody else at Google was wearing a mask. What was the point of masking? What were they trying to attempt or show? Or did they all have cancer?

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t get why mask if the vaccine does its job. Wasn’t that the point of the vax to make COVID transmission and symptoms easier ?

Yes, in general, the vaccine has been shown to prevent severe disease in most cases. A mask is another step towards that, especially if you or a loved one cannot get the vaccine. Aside from that masking is relatively inexpensive, safe, and easy to do, not to mention is effective for other infections. If a person doesn’t find it a burden, why do you?

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I think the cashiers at Trader Joe’s who wear masks but not covering their nose are weird. And at other businesses too but Trader Joe’s seems to have a lot of mask wearing employees. And then what’s interesting is the medical building where I work with 16 floors of doctors offices has very few mask wearing doctors or employees walking around. Not sure if they know less than the Trader Joe’s people? I wonder what the rate of illness is between the two groups. I work in a surgery center and they definitely wear the masks in surgery. But they did that even before Covid.

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

Hi! I’m op and it’s not that “I care so much!” - really; I have never asked one them and never will - which is why I asked on an anonymous forum that’s free to use.

But don’t you find it a little bit weird to still be doing this in April 2024 ?

You know that people are still dying of COVID in April 2024, not to mention it’s been a rough year for RSV and influenza, and norovirus is making late season rounds?

I think it’s weird that you have some kind of arbitrary expiration date on the health and safety of others, not to mention their comfort in ensuring their own health and safety and that of their loved ones.

Death rates are back to normal levels. Dying of COVID is no different from dying from the regular flu, which happens to the very fragile all the time. Believe what you want, but your masking isn't doing anything to help. It's just theater.

I don’t mask, but it doesn’t bother me if people do because they don’t want to be one of the many that are still dying. You have no idea who is medically fragile. So far as I know, they don’t deserve to die, and have the right to protect themselves from death as long as they see fit.

Also interesting that you’re using masking as some kind of derogatory slur. What’s your beef, really?

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

Hi! I’m op and it’s not that “I care so much!” - really; I have never asked one them and never will - which is why I asked on an anonymous forum that’s free to use.

But don’t you find it a little bit weird to still be doing this in April 2024 ?

You know that people are still dying of COVID in April 2024, not to mention it’s been a rough year for RSV and influenza, and norovirus is making late season rounds?

I think it’s weird that you have some kind of arbitrary expiration date on the health and safety of others, not to mention their comfort in ensuring their own health and safety and that of their loved ones.

Asking a simple question on an anonymous chat site is somehow “some kind of arbitrary expiration date?”

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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.

Here too.

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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?

Where do you live?

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

Hi! I’m op and it’s not that “I care so much!” - really; I have never asked one them and never will - which is why I asked on an anonymous forum that’s free to use.

But don’t you find it a little bit weird to still be doing this in April 2024 ?

You know that people are still dying of COVID in April 2024, not to mention it’s been a rough year for RSV and influenza, and norovirus is making late season rounds?

I think it’s weird that you have some kind of arbitrary expiration date on the health and safety of others, not to mention their comfort in ensuring their own health and safety and that of their loved ones.

Asking a simple question on an anonymous chat site is somehow “some kind of arbitrary expiration date?”

What makes April 2024 special in this matter?

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t get why mask if the vaccine does its job. Wasn’t that the point of the vax to make COVID transmission and symptoms easier ?

To make covid transmission easier?

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Anonymous wrote:Wearing a mask all the time is probably bad for the health

15 minutes in the supermarket or an hour at the germy doctor's office isn't all the time. I work from home.

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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.

My sister used to own a daycare. She was sick as a dog the whole time. Those little kids are germ factories.

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Anonymous wrote:Wearing a mask all the time is probably bad for the health

15 minutes in the supermarket or an hour at the germy doctor's office isn't all the time. I work from home.

Because covid only strikes at those places! This virus is so smart! Wear it all the time or dont wear it at all if you're that concerned or you're not doing yourself any favors