People still masking every day at work

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Anonymous wrote:They're either physically or mentally ill. Generally the later.

And I say this as a primary care physician who has a panel of 2000 patients that I know very well.

Yes, you know all 2000 of them intimately, I’m sure—as well as who they have at home and who they see regularly and the whole bit. You’re a fund of knowledge.

If a primary care is not masking at work, I’d question their judgement.

Have you been to a doctor lately? Most aren't masking anymore.

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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.

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.

Why not share the name?

Why do you need the name?

I don't need it, but you keep vaguely referencing the condition without simply naming it. Why are you so reluctant to just name it?

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The ENT I see sometimes wears a mask. I assume it's because he sees that many patients who get COVID go partially deaf, and he does not want that.

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My coworker does. She has a brain tumor. I only know because I’m her supervisor. It’s slow growing, but still makes her vulnerable.

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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.

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.

Why not share the name?

Why do you need the name?

I don't need it, but you keep vaguely referencing the condition without simply naming it. Why are you so reluctant to just name it?

Not PP, but it’s none of your business. Why so belligerent? Get a life! Move on.

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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.

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.

One of the most astute things I heard recently is that being kind isn't always the right thing to do. Sometimes being unkind is the right thing to do. We often forget this these days.

Some people are obviously very triggered by the critiques of masking. There are those like me who are amused to see people's behaviors pre and post COVID despite pretty much the same set of situation and the new excuses people come up with to justify their masking when they could have easily masked pre COVID. But we didn't because the medical advice at the time was that masking really didn't work. And that's the truth. It really doesn't work because of human nature. And there's no denying many of those who still mask are not doing so for health reasons but for other reasons, like the student protesters in their sit-ins.

I can tell from the long list of excuses that you have a strong belief in masking and that's great for you. It's a form of comfort to you. Meanwhile, the rest of us got on with life and reality a long time ago.

I actually *don't* mask unless required to. So your comfort theory is blown. But my dad has cancer and he and my mom do regularly mask when they have to go out. They didn't need to before the pandemic, but he was diagnosed last year and they do now. So many people on this thread have given legit reasons they mask.

There is no reason to be unkind to people who mask, whatever their reasoning. Their reasons are NOT YOUR BUSINESS. Their masking doesn't harm them and it doesn't harm you. This is not a case for tough love, as you seem to be saying. The anti-mask people on this thread are just unkind. Stop trying to pretend your jerkiness is okay.

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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.

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.

Why not share the name?

Why do you need the name?

I don't need it, but you keep vaguely referencing the condition without simply naming it. Why are you so reluctant to just name it?

dp. they don't owe you any info. You'd probably find a way to be a jerk about it anyway.

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They are virtue signaling. It’s a great way to identify psycho demonrats.

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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.

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.

Why not share the name?

Why do you need the name?

I don't need it, but you keep vaguely referencing the condition without simply naming it. Why are you so reluctant to just name it?

Not PP, but it’s none of your business. Why so belligerent? Get a life! Move on.

The pp is the one that keeps bringing it up. If it is so relevant, why is she scared to share the diagnosis?

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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.”

And yet, all these thread are about someone who doesn't mask passive-aggressively sniping at those who do. Curious...

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Anonymous wrote:I can tell from the long list of excuses that you have a strong belief in masking and that's great for you. It's a form of comfort to you. Meanwhile, the rest of us got on with life and reality a long time ago.

This is where you lose your argument, claiming that your reality is *the* reality. Reality includes covid now. It is not the reality of 2018 anymore. You seem stuck in a reality that is several years old. Your inability to evolve and adapt is a liability. Rigid adherence to the last reality you could easily process is a comfort to you, but that doesn't make your interpretation of "reality" correct.

It just reveals your projections.

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Anonymous wrote:They're either physically or mentally ill. Generally the later.

And I say this as a primary care physician who has a panel of 2000 patients that I know very well.

Yes, you know all 2000 of them intimately, I’m sure—as well as who they have at home and who they see regularly and the whole bit. You’re a fund of knowledge.

If a primary care is not masking at work, I’d question their judgement.

Have you been to a doctor lately? Most aren't masking anymore.

Doctors are people, too. That means there are plenty of them that are fscking stupid, just like the rest of humanity. Being able to test well doesn't automatically mean you have common sense.

Also? Given the current state of the US medical industry, many doctors may have a death wish.

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Anonymous wrote:They are virtue signaling. It’s a great way to identify psycho demonrats.

Says a clearly unwell person. "psycho demonrats"? Really?

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Anonymous wrote:I can tell from the long list of excuses that you have a strong belief in masking and that's great for you. It's a form of comfort to you. Meanwhile, the rest of us got on with life and reality a long time ago.

This is where you lose your argument, claiming that your reality is *the* reality. Reality includes covid now. It is not the reality of 2018 anymore. You seem stuck in a reality that is several years old. Your inability to evolve and adapt is a liability. Rigid adherence to the last reality you could easily process is a comfort to you, but that doesn't make your interpretation of "reality" correct.

It just reveals your projections.

Right- it isn't 2018. Covid is here, and it is here to stay. Covid infection is now an endemic risk to those choosing to participate in society, similar to a variety of other risks we face and accept. In the context of the overall set of potential harms we face on a daily basis, covid no longer significantly affects our overall risk exposure.

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Anonymous wrote:They're either physically or mentally ill. Generally the later.

And I say this as a primary care physician who has a panel of 2000 patients that I know very well.

Yes, you know all 2000 of them intimately, I’m sure—as well as who they have at home and who they see regularly and the whole bit. You’re a fund of knowledge.

If a primary care is not masking at work, I’d question their judgement.

Have you been to a doctor lately? Most aren't masking anymore.

Doctors are people, too. That means there are plenty of them that are fscking stupid, just like the rest of humanity. Being able to test well doesn't automatically mean you have common sense.

Also? Given the current state of the US medical industry, many doctors may have a death wish.

If everyone else is the problem, then maybe you're the problem.