Americans at high risk advised to wear masks as new Covid variant detected

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is the problem with wearing a mask while sitting in a medical waiting room?

I can understand why elementary school kids struggle with masks but think it should be required indoors for middle and high schoolers. A lot of student and staff absences could be avoided.

Perhaps some, but there’s no evidence to support your claim that “a lot” of absences could be avoided with mask mandates at schools. Nearly no one can consistently wear a high-quality mask for 6 hours. That's just as true for adults as middle schoolers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the problem with wearing a mask while sitting in a medical waiting room?

I can understand why elementary school kids struggle with masks but think it should be required indoors for middle and high schoolers. A lot of student and staff absences could be avoided.

Perhaps some, but there’s no evidence to support your claim that “a lot” of absences could be avoided with mask mandates at schools. Nearly no one can consistently wear a high-quality mask for 6 hours. That's just as true for adults as middle schoolers.

Nearly no one? That’s bollocks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Huge spike?

it’s honestly like these people get excited from contemplating a “huge” spike

There is a difference between giving a warning and getting "excited."

If you don't already have long covid, and don't want to mask, fine. Go for it.

We don't want mandates coming back because of those who want to mask and, most importantly, can't wait to force everyone to mask again. In some places mandates already restarted. The idea that we will continue living like this with masking and possibly lockdown waves every now and then and all the division and friction among people doesn't make me happy. If it makes you happy, you are a sociopath. We know that this virus isn't going away, it's a merry-go-round thing. Masking and lockdowns didn't stop it even in places implementing most draconian measures. And it's not about personal protection, this has been always available to everyone who wanted. Some continued wearing masks and never stopped, they were not unicorns.
and nobody really cared about this until the usual "recommendations" that lead to mandates in some places first (already started) and then spread like cancer all over, into every classroom, office, store, public transit, etc.

It doesn’t make us “happy” to acknowledge that this is in fact what is happening. It is reality. There will be waves. They are disproportionately dangerous for some in our society and not to others. The question is: how do we respond to those facts?

Your preference is we all act like it’s not happening and some degree of eugenic selection occurs and in fact may even be celebrated (as it has been in this very thread).

My preference is a society that values inclusion of disabled people, and in a society like the one I want there will be some masking required—especially in places where personal presence is not optional.

For those of us who cannot take the chance of repeated COVID infection, those mask rules make us more free to move around the world with the same freedom you claim to so prize for yourself and in general.

We can each repeat ourselves about this forever. The bottom line is you are highly ideologically motivated to act like masks do not matter and I am highly motivated by a desire to keep living as normally as possible, and without additional disability, to act like they do. Don’t confuse that with whether I am “happy” about it or not.

+1000

Beautifully stated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the problem with wearing a mask while sitting in a medical waiting room?

I can understand why elementary school kids struggle with masks but think it should be required indoors for middle and high schoolers. A lot of student and staff absences could be avoided.

Perhaps some, but there’s no evidence to support your claim that “a lot” of absences could be avoided with mask mandates at schools. Nearly no one can consistently wear a high-quality mask for 6 hours. That's just as true for adults as middle schoolers.

Nearly no one? That’s bollocks.

I’m a teacher who worked in-person throughout Covid. Not only did I wear a high-quality mask for 8-9 hours at a time, I spent most of that time talking or presenting. My high school students did fine with theirs, as well. We continued this for an entire year, heading outside to eat and then masking up and going about our day.

Honestly, most of the school population handled it very well. We had no outbreaks and we were able to pull off student activities, just modified a bit. The only people who were angrily against masking were a small handful of parents, and even their children disagreed with them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the problem with wearing a mask while sitting in a medical waiting room?

I can understand why elementary school kids struggle with masks but think it should be required indoors for middle and high schoolers. A lot of student and staff absences could be avoided.

Perhaps some, but there’s no evidence to support your claim that “a lot” of absences could be avoided with mask mandates at schools. Nearly no one can consistently wear a high-quality mask for 6 hours. That's just as true for adults as middle schoolers.

Nearly no one? That’s bollocks.

I’m a teacher who worked in-person throughout Covid. Not only did I wear a high-quality mask for 8-9 hours at a time, I spent most of that time talking or presenting. My high school students did fine with theirs, as well. We continued this for an entire year, heading outside to eat and then masking up and going about our day.

Honestly, most of the school population handled it very well. We had no outbreaks and we were able to pull off student activities, just modified a bit. The only people who were angrily against masking were a small handful of parents, and even their children disagreed with them.

You don't speak for everyone at your school.

It's clear to me that masking is more comfortable for some people than others. Some people wear them all day while talking and it doesn't impact them at all. For others it's very uncomfortable, they get claustrophobic, the mask gets humid and unpleasant, etc.

At one point I had to wear a mask 8 hours a day for several months. I understood why it was required and was happy to comply and be a team player. But it was very uncomfortable. I found myself often wanting to reach up and remove the mask, like compulsively. I trained myself not to, but it was hard. Each day at lunch id go outside and it was such a massive relief to remove it. I would watch the clock starting at 11 to look forward to it. When the whole thing was over, for weeks I felt the relief of being able to not mask daily.

I'm glad masking is NBD for you. I don't know why it's fine for you and hard for me. But it's not me being callous or unkind -- I mask whenever asked to do so. But if I had a job that required me to do it indefinitely... I might be one one of those people wearing it under my nose. It's just hard for me. I can do it when I know it's temporary. I don't think I could mask on a permanent basis, and it's clear there are many people like me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the problem with wearing a mask while sitting in a medical waiting room?

I can understand why elementary school kids struggle with masks but think it should be required indoors for middle and high schoolers. A lot of student and staff absences could be avoided.

Perhaps some, but there’s no evidence to support your claim that “a lot” of absences could be avoided with mask mandates at schools. Nearly no one can consistently wear a high-quality mask for 6 hours. That's just as true for adults as middle schoolers.

Nearly no one? That’s bollocks.

OK, no one.

Even the covid-positive nurses working at the hospital needed a break room (separate from the regular break room) where they could remove their masks during their shifts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the problem with wearing a mask while sitting in a medical waiting room?

I can understand why elementary school kids struggle with masks but think it should be required indoors for middle and high schoolers. A lot of student and staff absences could be avoided.

Perhaps some, but there’s no evidence to support your claim that “a lot” of absences could be avoided with mask mandates at schools. Nearly no one can consistently wear a high-quality mask for 6 hours. That's just as true for adults as middle schoolers.

Nearly no one? That’s bollocks.

I’m a teacher who worked in-person throughout Covid. Not only did I wear a high-quality mask for 8-9 hours at a time, I spent most of that time talking or presenting. My high school students did fine with theirs, as well. We continued this for an entire year, heading outside to eat and then masking up and going about our day.

Honestly, most of the school population handled it very well. We had no outbreaks and we were able to pull off student activities, just modified a bit. The only people who were angrily against masking were a small handful of parents, and even their children disagreed with them.

You don't speak for everyone at your school.

It's clear to me that masking is more comfortable for some people than others. Some people wear them all day while talking and it doesn't impact them at all. For others it's very uncomfortable, they get claustrophobic, the mask gets humid and unpleasant, etc.

At one point I had to wear a mask 8 hours a day for several months. I understood why it was required and was happy to comply and be a team player. But it was very uncomfortable. I found myself often wanting to reach up and remove the mask, like compulsively. I trained myself not to, but it was hard. Each day at lunch id go outside and it was such a massive relief to remove it. I would watch the clock starting at 11 to look forward to it. When the whole thing was over, for weeks I felt the relief of being able to not mask daily.

I'm glad masking is NBD for you. I don't know why it's fine for you and hard for me. But it's not me being callous or unkind -- I mask whenever asked to do so. But if I had a job that required me to do it indefinitely... I might be one one of those people wearing it under my nose. It's just hard for me. I can do it when I know it's temporary. I don't think I could mask on a permanent basis, and it's clear there are many people like me.

And it’s also clear that there are many people like me. I work with them. There are also plenty of professions that wear masks regularly (surgeons, scientists, etc.)

I will concede that they can be uncomfortable, but I’ll happily put one on if it means we can protect the vulnerable among us. But the parents who screamed throughout Covid were not upset about comfort. It was about “freedom” and “rights.” That’s harder for me to tolerate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Huge spike?

it’s honestly like these people get excited from contemplating a “huge” spike

There is a difference between giving a warning and getting "excited."

If you don't already have long covid, and don't want to mask, fine. Go for it.

We don't want mandates coming back because of those who want to mask and, most importantly, can't wait to force everyone to mask again. In some places mandates already restarted. The idea that we will continue living like this with masking and possibly lockdown waves every now and then and all the division and friction among people doesn't make me happy. If it makes you happy, you are a sociopath. We know that this virus isn't going away, it's a merry-go-round thing. Masking and lockdowns didn't stop it even in places implementing most draconian measures. And it's not about personal protection, this has been always available to everyone who wanted. Some continued wearing masks and never stopped, they were not unicorns.
and nobody really cared about this until the usual "recommendations" that lead to mandates in some places first (already started) and then spread like cancer all over, into every classroom, office, store, public transit, etc.

It doesn’t make us “happy” to acknowledge that this is in fact what is happening. It is reality. There will be waves. They are disproportionately dangerous for some in our society and not to others. The question is: how do we respond to those facts?

Your preference is we all act like it’s not happening and some degree of eugenic selection occurs and in fact may even be celebrated (as it has been in this very thread).

My preference is a society that values inclusion of disabled people, and in a society like the one I want there will be some masking required—especially in places where personal presence is not optional.

For those of us who cannot take the chance of repeated COVID infection, those mask rules make us more free to move around the world with the same freedom you claim to so prize for yourself and in general.

We can each repeat ourselves about this forever. The bottom line is you are highly ideologically motivated to act like masks do not matter and I am highly motivated by a desire to keep living as normally as possible, and without additional disability, to act like they do. Don’t confuse that with whether I am “happy” about it or not.

But if the mask protects the wearer, why do you need others to wear the mask?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the problem with wearing a mask while sitting in a medical waiting room?

I can understand why elementary school kids struggle with masks but think it should be required indoors for middle and high schoolers. A lot of student and staff absences could be avoided.

Perhaps some, but there’s no evidence to support your claim that “a lot” of absences could be avoided with mask mandates at schools. Nearly no one can consistently wear a high-quality mask for 6 hours. That's just as true for adults as middle schoolers.

Nearly no one? That’s bollocks.

I’m a teacher who worked in-person throughout Covid. Not only did I wear a high-quality mask for 8-9 hours at a time, I spent most of that time talking or presenting. My high school students did fine with theirs, as well. We continued this for an entire year, heading outside to eat and then masking up and going about our day.

Honestly, most of the school population handled it very well. We had no outbreaks and we were able to pull off student activities, just modified a bit. The only people who were angrily against masking were a small handful of parents, and even their children disagreed with them.

You don't speak for everyone at your school.

It's clear to me that masking is more comfortable for some people than others. Some people wear them all day while talking and it doesn't impact them at all. For others it's very uncomfortable, they get claustrophobic, the mask gets humid and unpleasant, etc.

At one point I had to wear a mask 8 hours a day for several months. I understood why it was required and was happy to comply and be a team player. But it was very uncomfortable. I found myself often wanting to reach up and remove the mask, like compulsively. I trained myself not to, but it was hard. Each day at lunch id go outside and it was such a massive relief to remove it. I would watch the clock starting at 11 to look forward to it. When the whole thing was over, for weeks I felt the relief of being able to not mask daily.

I'm glad masking is NBD for you. I don't know why it's fine for you and hard for me. But it's not me being callous or unkind -- I mask whenever asked to do so. But if I had a job that required me to do it indefinitely... I might be one one of those people wearing it under my nose. It's just hard for me. I can do it when I know it's temporary. I don't think I could mask on a permanent basis, and it's clear there are many people like me.

And it’s also clear that there are many people like me. I work with them. There are also plenty of professions that wear masks regularly (surgeons, scientists, etc.)

I will concede that they can be uncomfortable, but I’ll happily put one on if it means we can protect the vulnerable among us. But the parents who screamed throughout Covid were not upset about comfort. It was about “freedom” and “rights.” That’s harder for me to tolerate.

Too bad. The CDC says one way masking works, so if you want to mask, do so. But stop demanding it of others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the problem with wearing a mask while sitting in a medical waiting room?

I can understand why elementary school kids struggle with masks but think it should be required indoors for middle and high schoolers. A lot of student and staff absences could be avoided.

Perhaps some, but there’s no evidence to support your claim that “a lot” of absences could be avoided with mask mandates at schools. Nearly no one can consistently wear a high-quality mask for 6 hours. That's just as true for adults as middle schoolers.

Nearly no one? That’s bollocks.

I’m a teacher who worked in-person throughout Covid. Not only did I wear a high-quality mask for 8-9 hours at a time, I spent most of that time talking or presenting. My high school students did fine with theirs, as well. We continued this for an entire year, heading outside to eat and then masking up and going about our day.

Honestly, most of the school population handled it very well. We had no outbreaks and we were able to pull off student activities, just modified a bit. The only people who were angrily against masking were a small handful of parents, and even their children disagreed with them.

You don't speak for everyone at your school.

It's clear to me that masking is more comfortable for some people than others. Some people wear them all day while talking and it doesn't impact them at all. For others it's very uncomfortable, they get claustrophobic, the mask gets humid and unpleasant, etc.

At one point I had to wear a mask 8 hours a day for several months. I understood why it was required and was happy to comply and be a team player. But it was very uncomfortable. I found myself often wanting to reach up and remove the mask, like compulsively. I trained myself not to, but it was hard. Each day at lunch id go outside and it was such a massive relief to remove it. I would watch the clock starting at 11 to look forward to it. When the whole thing was over, for weeks I felt the relief of being able to not mask daily.

I'm glad masking is NBD for you. I don't know why it's fine for you and hard for me. But it's not me being callous or unkind -- I mask whenever asked to do so. But if I had a job that required me to do it indefinitely... I might be one one of those people wearing it under my nose. It's just hard for me. I can do it when I know it's temporary. I don't think I could mask on a permanent basis, and it's clear there are many people like me.

And it’s also clear that there are many people like me. I work with them. There are also plenty of professions that wear masks regularly (surgeons, scientists, etc.)

I will concede that they can be uncomfortable, but I’ll happily put one on if it means we can protect the vulnerable among us. But the parents who screamed throughout Covid were not upset about comfort. It was about “freedom” and “rights.” That’s harder for me to tolerate.

No, the parenrs who “screamed throughout Covid” wanted their kids to be in school. Masks came after that and was driven by the new understanding that schools and public health authorities didn’t know wtf they were doing.

My kid was older and could mask OK (although he took it off immediately once he could) but it definitely impacted his ability to interact with others and understand them. If my kid had been younger and forced to mask I would have “screamed” for sure. I personally hated wearing a mask physically and would push it down as often as possible. I definitely would have been extremely uncomfortable in an n95.

So no, as much as you’d love to believe it, being “anti-mask” was not political.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Huge spike?

it’s honestly like these people get excited from contemplating a “huge” spike

There is a difference between giving a warning and getting "excited."

If you don't already have long covid, and don't want to mask, fine. Go for it.

We don't want mandates coming back because of those who want to mask and, most importantly, can't wait to force everyone to mask again. In some places mandates already restarted. The idea that we will continue living like this with masking and possibly lockdown waves every now and then and all the division and friction among people doesn't make me happy. If it makes you happy, you are a sociopath. We know that this virus isn't going away, it's a merry-go-round thing. Masking and lockdowns didn't stop it even in places implementing most draconian measures. And it's not about personal protection, this has been always available to everyone who wanted. Some continued wearing masks and never stopped, they were not unicorns.
and nobody really cared about this until the usual "recommendations" that lead to mandates in some places first (already started) and then spread like cancer all over, into every classroom, office, store, public transit, etc.

It doesn’t make us “happy” to acknowledge that this is in fact what is happening. It is reality. There will be waves. They are disproportionately dangerous for some in our society and not to others. The question is: how do we respond to those facts?

Your preference is we all act like it’s not happening and some degree of eugenic selection occurs and in fact may even be celebrated (as it has been in this very thread).

My preference is a society that values inclusion of disabled people, and in a society like the one I want there will be some masking required—especially in places where personal presence is not optional.

For those of us who cannot take the chance of repeated COVID infection, those mask rules make us more free to move around the world with the same freedom you claim to so prize for yourself and in general.

We can each repeat ourselves about this forever. The bottom line is you are highly ideologically motivated to act like masks do not matter and I am highly motivated by a desire to keep living as normally as possible, and without additional disability, to act like they do. Don’t confuse that with whether I am “happy” about it or not.

“inclusion” does not mandate that people take extreme steps like permanently covering their faces in public for a vanishingly small/nonexistent benefit to you. the “disability rights” trump card people like to try to play to force masking (ahem, ACLU) is just a dishonest politicization of masking. because of course they don’t gaf about other disabilities that are harmed by masking. for you personally, I am sorry you are “immunocompromised” but it is your responsibility to mask yourself if you believe masks work.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the problem with wearing a mask while sitting in a medical waiting room?

I can understand why elementary school kids struggle with masks but think it should be required indoors for middle and high schoolers. A lot of student and staff absences could be avoided.

Perhaps some, but there’s no evidence to support your claim that “a lot” of absences could be avoided with mask mandates at schools. Nearly no one can consistently wear a high-quality mask for 6 hours. That's just as true for adults as middle schoolers.

Nearly no one? That’s bollocks.

I’m a teacher who worked in-person throughout Covid. Not only did I wear a high-quality mask for 8-9 hours at a time, I spent most of that time talking or presenting. My high school students did fine with theirs, as well. We continued this for an entire year, heading outside to eat and then masking up and going about our day.

Honestly, most of the school population handled it very well. We had no outbreaks and we were able to pull off student activities, just modified a bit. The only people who were angrily against masking were a small handful of parents, and even their children disagreed with them.

funny enough, someone actually did a survey of healthcare professionals about prolonged mask wearing and found “A profound number of HCW who participated in this survey reported adverse reactions to prolonged mask use during COVID-19.”

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7831687/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What is the problem with wearing a mask while sitting in a medical waiting room?

I can understand why elementary school kids struggle with masks but think it should be required indoors for middle and high schoolers. A lot of student and staff absences could be avoided.

Perhaps some, but there’s no evidence to support your claim that “a lot” of absences could be avoided with mask mandates at schools. Nearly no one can consistently wear a high-quality mask for 6 hours. That's just as true for adults as middle schoolers.

Nearly no one? That’s bollocks.

I’m a teacher who worked in-person throughout Covid. Not only did I wear a high-quality mask for 8-9 hours at a time, I spent most of that time talking or presenting. My high school students did fine with theirs, as well. We continued this for an entire year, heading outside to eat and then masking up and going about our day.

Honestly, most of the school population handled it very well. We had no outbreaks and we were able to pull off student activities, just modified a bit. The only people who were angrily against masking were a small handful of parents, and even their children disagreed with them.

You don't speak for everyone at your school.

It's clear to me that masking is more comfortable for some people than others. Some people wear them all day while talking and it doesn't impact them at all. For others it's very uncomfortable, they get claustrophobic, the mask gets humid and unpleasant, etc.

At one point I had to wear a mask 8 hours a day for several months. I understood why it was required and was happy to comply and be a team player. But it was very uncomfortable. I found myself often wanting to reach up and remove the mask, like compulsively. I trained myself not to, but it was hard. Each day at lunch id go outside and it was such a massive relief to remove it. I would watch the clock starting at 11 to look forward to it. When the whole thing was over, for weeks I felt the relief of being able to not mask daily.

I'm glad masking is NBD for you. I don't know why it's fine for you and hard for me. But it's not me being callous or unkind -- I mask whenever asked to do so. But if I had a job that required me to do it indefinitely... I might be one one of those people wearing it under my nose. It's just hard for me. I can do it when I know it's temporary. I don't think I could mask on a permanent basis, and it's clear there are many people like me.

And it’s also clear that there are many people like me. I work with them. There are also plenty of professions that wear masks regularly (surgeons, scientists, etc.)

I will concede that they can be uncomfortable, but I’ll happily put one on if it means we can protect the vulnerable among us. But the parents who screamed throughout Covid were not upset about comfort. It was about “freedom” and “rights.” That’s harder for me to tolerate.

Except no.

I was fine with masking in schools. Initially. But at some point I was looking at my kindergarten and thinking about how this young child has NEVER attended school without mandatory masking. It wasn't about freedom, or comfort. It was about asking myself what the long-term consequences of permanent masking would be, especially for young children who didn't know a different reality (but also for older kids and adults, who I think were also socially and emotionally impacted by long-term masking). It was about doing a cost-benefit assessment, especially once vaccines were widely available and the majority of the population had contracted covid at least once, and questioning whether the costs if widespread, long-term masking were worth it. And concluding they were not.

Demonize me if you want. I have no problem with anyone wearing a mask if they feel the need or want to. I will also mask in limited circumstances where it is merited (medical settings, around vulnerable people). But I will not support mask mandates in schools or workplaces for covid unless we suddenly return to the death rates of early in the pandemic. Which we likely never will-- it is now endemic and should be treated similarly to the flu or RSV.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Huge spike?

it’s honestly like these people get excited from contemplating a “huge” spike

There is a difference between giving a warning and getting "excited."

If you don't already have long covid, and don't want to mask, fine. Go for it.

We don't want mandates coming back because of those who want to mask and, most importantly, can't wait to force everyone to mask again. In some places mandates already restarted. The idea that we will continue living like this with masking and possibly lockdown waves every now and then and all the division and friction among people doesn't make me happy. If it makes you happy, you are a sociopath. We know that this virus isn't going away, it's a merry-go-round thing. Masking and lockdowns didn't stop it even in places implementing most draconian measures. And it's not about personal protection, this has been always available to everyone who wanted. Some continued wearing masks and never stopped, they were not unicorns.
and nobody really cared about this until the usual "recommendations" that lead to mandates in some places first (already started) and then spread like cancer all over, into every classroom, office, store, public transit, etc.

It doesn’t make us “happy” to acknowledge that this is in fact what is happening. It is reality. There will be waves. They are disproportionately dangerous for some in our society and not to others. The question is: how do we respond to those facts?

Your preference is we all act like it’s not happening and some degree of eugenic selection occurs and in fact may even be celebrated (as it has been in this very thread).

My preference is a society that values inclusion of disabled people, and in a society like the one I want there will be some masking required—especially in places where personal presence is not optional.

For those of us who cannot take the chance of repeated COVID infection, those mask rules make us more free to move around the world with the same freedom you claim to so prize for yourself and in general.

We can each repeat ourselves about this forever. The bottom line is you are highly ideologically motivated to act like masks do not matter and I am highly motivated by a desire to keep living as normally as possible, and without additional disability, to act like they do. Don’t confuse that with whether I am “happy” about it or not.

But if the mask protects the wearer, why do you need others to wear the mask?

because they are in love with the slogan “my mask protects you and your mask protects me.” I have a very sweet friend who would get upset about this because she truly believed that as long as anyone else believed that her masking would help them, she should do it. she didn’t want to make anyone uncomfortable. she wasn’t open to discussing the actual science or acknowledging that some people really dislike masking (or are prejudiced by it) because it upset her to feel like people were being “mean” about it.

[Anonymous]

It’s amazing to me that there are so many people who are only immunocompromised when it comes to the covid virus.