People still masking every day at work

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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?

Your first line gives you away. You are unkind. You describe mask-wearing, most often done by people with medical conditions, as "antics". And it amuses you to have people politely explain why they wear one? What is wrong with you?

The people really "justifying their antics" on here are the anti-mask people. But there no hiding how unkind and lacking in compassion you are. People point it out and you come back with more nonsense like the above.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

I don’t get the people wearing masks under their noses either. Can someone explain? Surely there is a logical reason because I see it a lot. I am always tempted to pull their mask up for them! I am not anti-mask, my mom is elderly and still wears hers in public all the time! But I don’t get doing it halfway.

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Anonymous wrote:I saw someone at my work today wearing a cloth mask. That's truly puzzling.

Why? What don't you understand?

Cloth masks don't do anything. If you need to mask, wear the KN95 masks.

That's why some people here are pointing out we wore the cloth masks for a year because it was the "right thing to do" even though all along they did diddly squat.

It probably has a filter.

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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.

But wouldn’t the masks be more effective covering their noses too? Otherwise they can still inhale the germs through their noses. Weird.

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Anonymous wrote:I think low paid resentful workers in stores and food service wear them to intimidate customers and force some sort of respect from the customer “poor me I have to work at this low level job AND risk my life for you”. I see if at the post office - notorious for passive aggressive controlling people at the desk and also at supermarkets.

This is bizarre. The lower paid workers typically wear a mask because they can't afford to be off work while they are sick. So they are either trying to protect themselves or they are already sick and at work.

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Anonymous wrote:I think low paid resentful workers in stores and food service wear them to intimidate customers and force some sort of respect from the customer “poor me I have to work at this low level job AND risk my life for you”. I see if at the post office - notorious for passive aggressive controlling people at the desk and also at supermarkets.

Seek therapy. Good grief.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

I don’t get the people wearing masks under their noses either. Can someone explain? Surely there is a logical reason because I see it a lot. I am always tempted to pull their mask up for them! I am not anti-mask, my mom is elderly and still wears hers in public all the time! But I don’t get doing it halfway.

There is no good reason. When I see that I figure the person is required to wear a mask for whatever reason, but doesn't like wearing a mask, so they park it under their nose. It completely undermines the purpose of wearing a mask.

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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?

Your first line gives you away. You are unkind. You describe mask-wearing, most often done by people with medical conditions, as "antics". And it amuses you to have people politely explain why they wear one? What is wrong with you?

The people really "justifying their antics" on here are the anti-mask people. But there no hiding how unkind and lacking in compassion you are. People point it out and you come back with more nonsense like the above.

You're assuming most people wearing masks are doing so due to medical conditions. I seriously doubt this because otherwise in most of the country people are vastly healthier than people in DC....

I am aware some do wear masks for health reasons but it's also usually obvious when that is the case.

There's a difference between compassion and enabling people's delusions. Do I go around mocking people in public? No, of course not. But as someone who lived through the years when people were ranting at those not wearing masks for killing grandma even if the masks were the flimsy cloth ones that did nothing, and who virtuously wore masks to supermarkets but not when their bestie was visiting (hint, where do you get COVID?), I still find all this desperate clutching to masking both amusing and telling. Such as those student protesters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

I don’t get the people wearing masks under their noses either. Can someone explain? Surely there is a logical reason because I see it a lot. I am always tempted to pull their mask up for them! I am not anti-mask, my mom is elderly and still wears hers in public all the time! But I don’t get doing it halfway.

There is no good reason. When I see that I figure the person is required to wear a mask for whatever reason, but doesn't like wearing a mask, so they park it under their nose. It completely undermines the purpose of wearing a mask.

Maybe they’re just trying to be kind and not breathe in people? You don’t breathe as much on people with your nose as with your mouth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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?

Your first line gives you away. You are unkind. You describe mask-wearing, most often done by people with medical conditions, as "antics". And it amuses you to have people politely explain why they wear one? What is wrong with you?

The people really "justifying their antics" on here are the anti-mask people. But there no hiding how unkind and lacking in compassion you are. People point it out and you come back with more nonsense like the above.

You're assuming most people wearing masks are doing so due to medical conditions. I seriously doubt this because otherwise in most of the country people are vastly healthier than people in DC....

I am aware some do wear masks for health reasons but it's also usually obvious when that is the case.

There's a difference between compassion and enabling people's delusions. Do I go around mocking people in public? No, of course not. But as someone who lived through the years when people were ranting at those not wearing masks for killing grandma even if the masks were the flimsy cloth ones that did nothing, and who virtuously wore masks to supermarkets but not when their bestie was visiting (hint, where do you get COVID?), I still find all this desperate clutching to masking both amusing and telling. Such as those student protesters.

Enabling delusions? You think you are fighting for the truth going on like this on DCUM? Your whole last paragraph makes it sound like you are the one stuck in post-pandemic trauma. No one is making you mask. There are no mandates. We have the benefit of several years of discussion on proper mask usage.

If someone is still wearing a mask, there is a good chance they have a medical reason. And I disagree that you can "tell" when people have medical conditions that require a mask. In many cases, you can't. A number of people have mentioned long-covid and bad covid experiences as their motivation. Understandable. A number of people have mentioned long-covid and bad covid experiences as their motivation. Understandable. People have also cited allergies, which, as a lifelong allergy sufferer, sounds like a legit reason to me. Those will be some of the outdoor maskers. Again, what is your problem? And finally, if someone is just anxious, why can't you have some compassion? There are many different forms of mental illness going on in our society. Why should anxiety be mocked? Would you mock someone with depression? Bipolar disorder?

Oh wait, you probably would. You find it amusing.

At the end of the day, your post suggests exactly what I said. You are unkind. You try to justify your attitude and unkind words, but there is no excuse. I hope in the real world you really do keep all your bad attitude and meanness in your own head, but I'm guessing people who know you know what kind of person you are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

I don’t get the people wearing masks under their noses either. Can someone explain? Surely there is a logical reason because I see it a lot. I am always tempted to pull their mask up for them! I am not anti-mask, my mom is elderly and still wears hers in public all the time! But I don’t get doing it halfway.

There is no good reason. When I see that I figure the person is required to wear a mask for whatever reason, but doesn't like wearing a mask, so they park it under their nose. It completely undermines the purpose of wearing a mask.

Maybe they’re just trying to be kind and not breathe in people? You don’t breathe as much on people with your nose as with your mouth.

I'm not one of the anti-maskers. But it is ineffective to wear a mask this way. Most people breathe primarily through their nose unless their nose is congested. To properly wear a mask, it should cover both nose and mouth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think low paid resentful workers in stores and food service wear them to intimidate customers and force some sort of respect from the customer “poor me I have to work at this low level job AND risk my life for you”. I see if at the post office - notorious for passive aggressive controlling people at the desk and also at supermarkets.

This is bizarre. The lower paid workers typically wear a mask because they can't afford to be off work while they are sick. So they are either trying to protect themselves or they are already sick and at work.

When a friend got covid, she was going to the supermarket because she likes to choose her own tomatoes. No wonder the workers wear masks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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?

Your first line gives you away. You are unkind. You describe mask-wearing, most often done by people with medical conditions, as "antics". And it amuses you to have people politely explain why they wear one? What is wrong with you?

The people really "justifying their antics" on here are the anti-mask people. But there no hiding how unkind and lacking in compassion you are. People point it out and you come back with more nonsense like the above.

You're assuming most people wearing masks are doing so due to medical conditions. I seriously doubt this because otherwise in most of the country people are vastly healthier than people in DC....

I am aware some do wear masks for health reasons but it's also usually obvious when that is the case.

There's a difference between compassion and enabling people's delusions. Do I go around mocking people in public? No, of course not. But as someone who lived through the years when people were ranting at those not wearing masks for killing grandma even if the masks were the flimsy cloth ones that did nothing, and who virtuously wore masks to supermarkets but not when their bestie was visiting (hint, where do you get COVID?), I still find all this desperate clutching to masking both amusing and telling. Such as those student protesters.

My besties couldn't visit due to my condition, which you couldn't even pronounce. Most doctors don't even know about it. It is diagnosed by multiple blood tests over time as well as by internal symptoms not visible to nut job know-it-alls.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think low paid resentful workers in stores and food service wear them to intimidate customers and force some sort of respect from the customer “poor me I have to work at this low level job AND risk my life for you”. I see if at the post office - notorious for passive aggressive controlling people at the desk and also at supermarkets.

This is bizarre. The lower paid workers typically wear a mask because they can't afford to be off work while they are sick. So they are either trying to protect themselves or they are already sick and at work.

When a friend got covid, she was going to the supermarket because she likes to choose her own tomatoes. No wonder the workers wear masks.

And? People have been going to stores with the sniffles for decades and it will continue to happen. We are human and part of being human is that you’ll catch a cold every now and then. Did you want her welded inside her house??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think low paid resentful workers in stores and food service wear them to intimidate customers and force some sort of respect from the customer “poor me I have to work at this low level job AND risk my life for you”. I see if at the post office - notorious for passive aggressive controlling people at the desk and also at supermarkets.

This is bizarre. The lower paid workers typically wear a mask because they can't afford to be off work while they are sick. So they are either trying to protect themselves or they are already sick and at work.

When a friend got covid, she was going to the supermarket because she likes to choose her own tomatoes. No wonder the workers wear masks.

And? People have been going to stores with the sniffles for decades and it will continue to happen. We are human and part of being human is that you’ll catch a cold every now and then. Did you want her welded inside her house??

Let me guess. You're religious.