BA.5 Variant, the worst version of Omicron, is vaccine evasiive and surging across the country

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it’s a big ask for masks on public transportation. It’s not a huge part of the day but it’s where many of us risk the most exposure.

If the earlier poster can’t comfortably do that they can find alternatives.

Both of the bolded above are ignorant statements based on your personal experience, and a lack of imagination about others.

I take a train to work every day and it is the only way to get there (I do not own a car). The train takes 40-60 minutes. I also have to mask at work. Wearing a mask on the train means wearing a mask for 10 hours a day, plus unlike at work, on the train it is hard to take a break if I need one. At work I can go outside for a few minutes. On the train I can maybe go in the bathroom, but if the issues is needing fresh air, this doesn't help!

What I do is look for the emptiest car I can and sit as far from other people as I can, so that I can sit without my mask. If this isn't possible, I will wear a mask. And of course if I have symptoms I wear a mask, even if my Covid test is negative. But especially during my commute at the end of the day, my mask fatigue is real and intense, and when they finally lifted the mandate for masking on the train, it was such a relief to finally be able to take it off when I wanted to, when I had no symptoms.

I also test weekly (PCR) for work, so it's not like I'm being cavalier. And the thing is, I'm not even that worried about getting Covid (triple vaxxed, young and healthy) but I don't want to give it to anyone I work with or my family. I'm very cautious in general, but I do take a calculated risk on the train because from a mental health standpoint, I am at my max and can't do it anymore.

This is part of the problem with people who mostly work from home in white collar jobs dictating what the precautions should be. You all don't HAVE to work in person, take public transportation or travel a lot, deal with the public. It is so easy to say "Wear a mask! It's not hard!" when you only have to do it occasionally for short periods of time! Some of us have born the brunt of these restrictions for two years while you were comfortable at home, and now you want to complain about us for wanting to be allowed to make our own choices about risks that we face and you don't. It's really frustrating. I don't want Covid but I also don't want to spend every waking minute masking up to prevent it either, and I don't think it's reasonable to expect me to. I'm a person and this is inhumane.

The real problem is just pulling fake facts out of your ass and then pretending that's the argument you're fighting. I work in a school. Kids whose parents send them to school even though they're sick and coughing crowd around me every day. I wear a mask even though really masks are meant to protect others, not me. But that's all I can do.

I am not at home all day. I am out there being coughed on. I wear a mask even though it sucks. If I can do it, so can everyone else. Not that big a deal, PP.

NP. That was the line in 2020, but it's not what applies to a well-fitted N95. One way masking works. Doctors do it all the time when caring for people who actually have Covid, and their risk of infection is low.

My sibling is a doctor, masks and has had it multiple times. Same with her colleagues. During the height of it, several died.

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Anonymous wrote:I love all the people who are all "it's time to move on and accept that COVID is part of life" but can't be bothered to accept that wearing a mask and being cautious is part of accepting that.

That would require empathy and mild effort.

We’ve spent the past 2.5 yrs masking, having events cancelled, missing a significant amount of school days to closures and quarantines, missing weddings and funerals, having events cancelled. Covid hit our family last month. One parent had a head cold for a week, 2 kids asymptomatic, one parent and one kid unaffected. What a waste of 2 yrs

Oh please. Your life has been pretty normal. My kids have been in virtual all this time and we’re home. Some selfish still have is Covid and it is miserable. If I have to go through this every few months, I’d rather miss those things.

That sounds like a you problem, you could have been enjoying those things all along.

Covid is miserable. Come over. Happy to share it with you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it’s a big ask for masks on public transportation. It’s not a huge part of the day but it’s where many of us risk the most exposure.

If the earlier poster can’t comfortably do that they can find alternatives.

Both of the bolded above are ignorant statements based on your personal experience, and a lack of imagination about others.

I take a train to work every day and it is the only way to get there (I do not own a car). The train takes 40-60 minutes. I also have to mask at work. Wearing a mask on the train means wearing a mask for 10 hours a day, plus unlike at work, on the train it is hard to take a break if I need one. At work I can go outside for a few minutes. On the train I can maybe go in the bathroom, but if the issues is needing fresh air, this doesn't help!

What I do is look for the emptiest car I can and sit as far from other people as I can, so that I can sit without my mask. If this isn't possible, I will wear a mask. And of course if I have symptoms I wear a mask, even if my Covid test is negative. But especially during my commute at the end of the day, my mask fatigue is real and intense, and when they finally lifted the mandate for masking on the train, it was such a relief to finally be able to take it off when I wanted to, when I had no symptoms.

I also test weekly (PCR) for work, so it's not like I'm being cavalier. And the thing is, I'm not even that worried about getting Covid (triple vaxxed, young and healthy) but I don't want to give it to anyone I work with or my family. I'm very cautious in general, but I do take a calculated risk on the train because from a mental health standpoint, I am at my max and can't do it anymore.

This is part of the problem with people who mostly work from home in white collar jobs dictating what the precautions should be. You all don't HAVE to work in person, take public transportation or travel a lot, deal with the public. It is so easy to say "Wear a mask! It's not hard!" when you only have to do it occasionally for short periods of time! Some of us have born the brunt of these restrictions for two years while you were comfortable at home, and now you want to complain about us for wanting to be allowed to make our own choices about risks that we face and you don't. It's really frustrating. I don't want Covid but I also don't want to spend every waking minute masking up to prevent it either, and I don't think it's reasonable to expect me to. I'm a person and this is inhumane.

The real problem is just pulling fake facts out of your ass and then pretending that's the argument you're fighting. I work in a school. Kids whose parents send them to school even though they're sick and coughing crowd around me every day. I wear a mask even though really masks are meant to protect others, not me. But that's all I can do.

I am not at home all day. I am out there being coughed on. I wear a mask even though it sucks. If I can do it, so can everyone else. Not that big a deal, PP.

NP. That was the line in 2020, but it's not what applies to a well-fitted N95. One way masking works. Doctors do it all the time when caring for people who actually have Covid, and their risk of infection is low.

My sibling is a doctor, masks and has had it multiple times. Same with her colleagues. During the height of it, several died.

DP. My sibling is a doctor, masks, sees covid positive patients, and got it one time from his son my nephew.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it’s a big ask for masks on public transportation. It’s not a huge part of the day but it’s where many of us risk the most exposure.

If the earlier poster can’t comfortably do that they can find alternatives.

Both of the bolded above are ignorant statements based on your personal experience, and a lack of imagination about others.

I take a train to work every day and it is the only way to get there (I do not own a car). The train takes 40-60 minutes. I also have to mask at work. Wearing a mask on the train means wearing a mask for 10 hours a day, plus unlike at work, on the train it is hard to take a break if I need one. At work I can go outside for a few minutes. On the train I can maybe go in the bathroom, but if the issues is needing fresh air, this doesn't help!

What I do is look for the emptiest car I can and sit as far from other people as I can, so that I can sit without my mask. If this isn't possible, I will wear a mask. And of course if I have symptoms I wear a mask, even if my Covid test is negative. But especially during my commute at the end of the day, my mask fatigue is real and intense, and when they finally lifted the mandate for masking on the train, it was such a relief to finally be able to take it off when I wanted to, when I had no symptoms.

I also test weekly (PCR) for work, so it's not like I'm being cavalier. And the thing is, I'm not even that worried about getting Covid (triple vaxxed, young and healthy) but I don't want to give it to anyone I work with or my family. I'm very cautious in general, but I do take a calculated risk on the train because from a mental health standpoint, I am at my max and can't do it anymore.

This is part of the problem with people who mostly work from home in white collar jobs dictating what the precautions should be. You all don't HAVE to work in person, take public transportation or travel a lot, deal with the public. It is so easy to say "Wear a mask! It's not hard!" when you only have to do it occasionally for short periods of time! Some of us have born the brunt of these restrictions for two years while you were comfortable at home, and now you want to complain about us for wanting to be allowed to make our own choices about risks that we face and you don't. It's really frustrating. I don't want Covid but I also don't want to spend every waking minute masking up to prevent it either, and I don't think it's reasonable to expect me to. I'm a person and this is inhumane.

The real problem is just pulling fake facts out of your ass and then pretending that's the argument you're fighting. I work in a school. Kids whose parents send them to school even though they're sick and coughing crowd around me every day. I wear a mask even though really masks are meant to protect others, not me. But that's all I can do.

I am not at home all day. I am out there being coughed on. I wear a mask even though it sucks. If I can do it, so can everyone else. Not that big a deal, PP.

And, you are why my kids are not in person school.

???? Kids have been back for over a year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love all the people who are all "it's time to move on and accept that COVID is part of life" but can't be bothered to accept that wearing a mask and being cautious is part of accepting that.

That would require empathy and mild effort.

We’ve spent the past 2.5 yrs masking, having events cancelled, missing a significant amount of school days to closures and quarantines, missing weddings and funerals, having events cancelled. Covid hit our family last month. One parent had a head cold for a week, 2 kids asymptomatic, one parent and one kid unaffected. What a waste of 2 yrs

Oh please. Your life has been pretty normal. My kids have been in virtual all this time and we’re home. Some selfish still have is Covid and it is miserable. If I have to go through this every few months, I’d rather miss those things.

That sounds like a you problem, you could have been enjoying those things all along.

Covid is miserable. Come over. Happy to share it with you.

Had it already, was sick for awhile, got better. Vaccinated and boosted. It’s an illness. You’ll be sick. Sorry Charlie.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it’s a big ask for masks on public transportation. It’s not a huge part of the day but it’s where many of us risk the most exposure.

If the earlier poster can’t comfortably do that they can find alternatives.

Both of the bolded above are ignorant statements based on your personal experience, and a lack of imagination about others.

I take a train to work every day and it is the only way to get there (I do not own a car). The train takes 40-60 minutes. I also have to mask at work. Wearing a mask on the train means wearing a mask for 10 hours a day, plus unlike at work, on the train it is hard to take a break if I need one. At work I can go outside for a few minutes. On the train I can maybe go in the bathroom, but if the issues is needing fresh air, this doesn't help!

What I do is look for the emptiest car I can and sit as far from other people as I can, so that I can sit without my mask. If this isn't possible, I will wear a mask. And of course if I have symptoms I wear a mask, even if my Covid test is negative. But especially during my commute at the end of the day, my mask fatigue is real and intense, and when they finally lifted the mandate for masking on the train, it was such a relief to finally be able to take it off when I wanted to, when I had no symptoms.

I also test weekly (PCR) for work, so it's not like I'm being cavalier. And the thing is, I'm not even that worried about getting Covid (triple vaxxed, young and healthy) but I don't want to give it to anyone I work with or my family. I'm very cautious in general, but I do take a calculated risk on the train because from a mental health standpoint, I am at my max and can't do it anymore.

This is part of the problem with people who mostly work from home in white collar jobs dictating what the precautions should be. You all don't HAVE to work in person, take public transportation or travel a lot, deal with the public. It is so easy to say "Wear a mask! It's not hard!" when you only have to do it occasionally for short periods of time! Some of us have born the brunt of these restrictions for two years while you were comfortable at home, and now you want to complain about us for wanting to be allowed to make our own choices about risks that we face and you don't. It's really frustrating. I don't want Covid but I also don't want to spend every waking minute masking up to prevent it either, and I don't think it's reasonable to expect me to. I'm a person and this is inhumane.

The real problem is just pulling fake facts out of your ass and then pretending that's the argument you're fighting. I work in a school. Kids whose parents send them to school even though they're sick and coughing crowd around me every day. I wear a mask even though really masks are meant to protect others, not me. But that's all I can do.

I am not at home all day. I am out there being coughed on. I wear a mask even though it sucks. If I can do it, so can everyone else. Not that big a deal, PP.

And, you are why my kids are not in person school.

???? Kids have been back for over a year.

Apparently not her snowflakes.

[Anonymous]

We were in NYC recently and I found the only place more obsessed with Covid than DMV. Covid testing places on every other corner. Which can make more sense with how much more crowded it is there. Makes it even funnier that people here are worried about getting it while walking their down alone on a sidewalk.

But I would say that most people there, even workers, weren’t masked. I think a good majority of the population in this country are done with the masking and living normally. It’s taking bigger cities longer to get there than smaller parts of the country.

[Anonymous]

I was completely down with not masking. Now that we are hearing how much more infectious this variant is I’m putting the mask back on and ramping up the purell and hand washing. I’m no fool. I’ll take the mask off when it seems safer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it’s a big ask for masks on public transportation. It’s not a huge part of the day but it’s where many of us risk the most exposure.

If the earlier poster can’t comfortably do that they can find alternatives.

Both of the bolded above are ignorant statements based on your personal experience, and a lack of imagination about others.

I take a train to work every day and it is the only way to get there (I do not own a car). The train takes 40-60 minutes. I also have to mask at work. Wearing a mask on the train means wearing a mask for 10 hours a day, plus unlike at work, on the train it is hard to take a break if I need one. At work I can go outside for a few minutes. On the train I can maybe go in the bathroom, but if the issues is needing fresh air, this doesn't help!

What I do is look for the emptiest car I can and sit as far from other people as I can, so that I can sit without my mask. If this isn't possible, I will wear a mask. And of course if I have symptoms I wear a mask, even if my Covid test is negative. But especially during my commute at the end of the day, my mask fatigue is real and intense, and when they finally lifted the mandate for masking on the train, it was such a relief to finally be able to take it off when I wanted to, when I had no symptoms.

I also test weekly (PCR) for work, so it's not like I'm being cavalier. And the thing is, I'm not even that worried about getting Covid (triple vaxxed, young and healthy) but I don't want to give it to anyone I work with or my family. I'm very cautious in general, but I do take a calculated risk on the train because from a mental health standpoint, I am at my max and can't do it anymore.

This is part of the problem with people who mostly work from home in white collar jobs dictating what the precautions should be. You all don't HAVE to work in person, take public transportation or travel a lot, deal with the public. It is so easy to say "Wear a mask! It's not hard!" when you only have to do it occasionally for short periods of time! Some of us have born the brunt of these restrictions for two years while you were comfortable at home, and now you want to complain about us for wanting to be allowed to make our own choices about risks that we face and you don't. It's really frustrating. I don't want Covid but I also don't want to spend every waking minute masking up to prevent it either, and I don't think it's reasonable to expect me to. I'm a person and this is inhumane.

The real problem is just pulling fake facts out of your ass and then pretending that's the argument you're fighting. I work in a school. Kids whose parents send them to school even though they're sick and coughing crowd around me every day. I wear a mask even though really masks are meant to protect others, not me. But that's all I can do.

I am not at home all day. I am out there being coughed on. I wear a mask even though it sucks. If I can do it, so can everyone else. Not that big a deal, PP.

Yeah some of y'all are wimps. I wear masks for 12 hour shifts and don't understand the complaining.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it’s a big ask for masks on public transportation. It’s not a huge part of the day but it’s where many of us risk the most exposure.

If the earlier poster can’t comfortably do that they can find alternatives.

What do you mean by "they can find alternatives"? They shouldn't ride the train? I don't think that's a fair suggestion given the current guidance. I think you are the one who needs to get herself a really tight-fitting N95 and stop worrying what other people do. That's what the CDC says.

Last time I checked you get Covid from someone else so yes, what others do is important.

Last time I checked the CDC says that N95s do an excellent job at protecting you.

Not the way most people wear them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it’s a big ask for masks on public transportation. It’s not a huge part of the day but it’s where many of us risk the most exposure.

If the earlier poster can’t comfortably do that they can find alternatives.

Both of the bolded above are ignorant statements based on your personal experience, and a lack of imagination about others.

I take a train to work every day and it is the only way to get there (I do not own a car). The train takes 40-60 minutes. I also have to mask at work. Wearing a mask on the train means wearing a mask for 10 hours a day, plus unlike at work, on the train it is hard to take a break if I need one. At work I can go outside for a few minutes. On the train I can maybe go in the bathroom, but if the issues is needing fresh air, this doesn't help!

What I do is look for the emptiest car I can and sit as far from other people as I can, so that I can sit without my mask. If this isn't possible, I will wear a mask. And of course if I have symptoms I wear a mask, even if my Covid test is negative. But especially during my commute at the end of the day, my mask fatigue is real and intense, and when they finally lifted the mandate for masking on the train, it was such a relief to finally be able to take it off when I wanted to, when I had no symptoms.

I also test weekly (PCR) for work, so it's not like I'm being cavalier. And the thing is, I'm not even that worried about getting Covid (triple vaxxed, young and healthy) but I don't want to give it to anyone I work with or my family. I'm very cautious in general, but I do take a calculated risk on the train because from a mental health standpoint, I am at my max and can't do it anymore.

This is part of the problem with people who mostly work from home in white collar jobs dictating what the precautions should be. You all don't HAVE to work in person, take public transportation or travel a lot, deal with the public. It is so easy to say "Wear a mask! It's not hard!" when you only have to do it occasionally for short periods of time! Some of us have born the brunt of these restrictions for two years while you were comfortable at home, and now you want to complain about us for wanting to be allowed to make our own choices about risks that we face and you don't. It's really frustrating. I don't want Covid but I also don't want to spend every waking minute masking up to prevent it either, and I don't think it's reasonable to expect me to. I'm a person and this is inhumane.

The real problem is just pulling fake facts out of your ass and then pretending that's the argument you're fighting. I work in a school. Kids whose parents send them to school even though they're sick and coughing crowd around me every day. I wear a mask even though really masks are meant to protect others, not me. But that's all I can do.

I am not at home all day. I am out there being coughed on. I wear a mask even though it sucks. If I can do it, so can everyone else. Not that big a deal, PP.

And, you are why my kids are not in person school.

And yet they got it at an outdoor activity anyway right?? Oh snap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it’s a big ask for masks on public transportation. It’s not a huge part of the day but it’s where many of us risk the most exposure.

If the earlier poster can’t comfortably do that they can find alternatives.

Both of the bolded above are ignorant statements based on your personal experience, and a lack of imagination about others.

I take a train to work every day and it is the only way to get there (I do not own a car). The train takes 40-60 minutes. I also have to mask at work. Wearing a mask on the train means wearing a mask for 10 hours a day, plus unlike at work, on the train it is hard to take a break if I need one. At work I can go outside for a few minutes. On the train I can maybe go in the bathroom, but if the issues is needing fresh air, this doesn't help!

What I do is look for the emptiest car I can and sit as far from other people as I can, so that I can sit without my mask. If this isn't possible, I will wear a mask. And of course if I have symptoms I wear a mask, even if my Covid test is negative. But especially during my commute at the end of the day, my mask fatigue is real and intense, and when they finally lifted the mandate for masking on the train, it was such a relief to finally be able to take it off when I wanted to, when I had no symptoms.

I also test weekly (PCR) for work, so it's not like I'm being cavalier. And the thing is, I'm not even that worried about getting Covid (triple vaxxed, young and healthy) but I don't want to give it to anyone I work with or my family. I'm very cautious in general, but I do take a calculated risk on the train because from a mental health standpoint, I am at my max and can't do it anymore.

This is part of the problem with people who mostly work from home in white collar jobs dictating what the precautions should be. You all don't HAVE to work in person, take public transportation or travel a lot, deal with the public. It is so easy to say "Wear a mask! It's not hard!" when you only have to do it occasionally for short periods of time! Some of us have born the brunt of these restrictions for two years while you were comfortable at home, and now you want to complain about us for wanting to be allowed to make our own choices about risks that we face and you don't. It's really frustrating. I don't want Covid but I also don't want to spend every waking minute masking up to prevent it either, and I don't think it's reasonable to expect me to. I'm a person and this is inhumane.

The real problem is just pulling fake facts out of your ass and then pretending that's the argument you're fighting. I work in a school. Kids whose parents send them to school even though they're sick and coughing crowd around me every day. I wear a mask even though really masks are meant to protect others, not me. But that's all I can do.

I am not at home all day. I am out there being coughed on. I wear a mask even though it sucks. If I can do it, so can everyone else. Not that big a deal, PP.

Yeah some of y'all are wimps. I wear masks for 12 hour shifts and don't understand the complaining.

You don't have a good seal on your mask if it's not causing issues after 12 hours of wear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was completely down with not masking. Now that we are hearing how much more infectious this variant is I’m putting the mask back on and ramping up the purell and hand washing. I’m no fool. I’ll take the mask off when it seems safer.

Better stock up on the sanitizer when you find it, I've heard there is another shortage coming....

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:THE SKY IS FALLING!!!!!!!!!!!!


Not nice. I have it on vacation right now and I am sick as a dog.

I run a training class and we had multiple speakers (all of whom are vaccinated due to work requirements) out due to covid. It really put us in a bind! While some people are mocking the situation (“The sky is falling!”), it’s not funny for those of us who have to deal with the consequences.

My office had a healthy young woman in her 20s out sick for over a week with this. It sucks.

Who told you her health status?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it’s a big ask for masks on public transportation. It’s not a huge part of the day but it’s where many of us risk the most exposure.

If the earlier poster can’t comfortably do that they can find alternatives.

Both of the bolded above are ignorant statements based on your personal experience, and a lack of imagination about others.

I take a train to work every day and it is the only way to get there (I do not own a car). The train takes 40-60 minutes. I also have to mask at work. Wearing a mask on the train means wearing a mask for 10 hours a day, plus unlike at work, on the train it is hard to take a break if I need one. At work I can go outside for a few minutes. On the train I can maybe go in the bathroom, but if the issues is needing fresh air, this doesn't help!

What I do is look for the emptiest car I can and sit as far from other people as I can, so that I can sit without my mask. If this isn't possible, I will wear a mask. And of course if I have symptoms I wear a mask, even if my Covid test is negative. But especially during my commute at the end of the day, my mask fatigue is real and intense, and when they finally lifted the mandate for masking on the train, it was such a relief to finally be able to take it off when I wanted to, when I had no symptoms.

I also test weekly (PCR) for work, so it's not like I'm being cavalier. And the thing is, I'm not even that worried about getting Covid (triple vaxxed, young and healthy) but I don't want to give it to anyone I work with or my family. I'm very cautious in general, but I do take a calculated risk on the train because from a mental health standpoint, I am at my max and can't do it anymore.

This is part of the problem with people who mostly work from home in white collar jobs dictating what the precautions should be. You all don't HAVE to work in person, take public transportation or travel a lot, deal with the public. It is so easy to say "Wear a mask! It's not hard!" when you only have to do it occasionally for short periods of time! Some of us have born the brunt of these restrictions for two years while you were comfortable at home, and now you want to complain about us for wanting to be allowed to make our own choices about risks that we face and you don't. It's really frustrating. I don't want Covid but I also don't want to spend every waking minute masking up to prevent it either, and I don't think it's reasonable to expect me to. I'm a person and this is inhumane.

The real problem is just pulling fake facts out of your ass and then pretending that's the argument you're fighting. I work in a school. Kids whose parents send them to school even though they're sick and coughing crowd around me every day. I wear a mask even though really masks are meant to protect others, not me. But that's all I can do.

I am not at home all day. I am out there being coughed on. I wear a mask even though it sucks. If I can do it, so can everyone else. Not that big a deal, PP.

Yeah some of y'all are wimps. I wear masks for 12 hour shifts and don't understand the complaining.

They don’t wear them often enough to be used to it. It’s the difference of mostly working from home and not having that type of job. I was working in goggles, face shield, and mask for so long that a mask, any mask of worth especially- feels beyond easy.