Everyone enjoying their summer COVID? It's baaa-aaack!

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I don't test. My child was 1 yo when the pandemic hit. At age 2 she was wearing a mask all day at daycare (except for the several hours of snacks, lunch and naps). You couldn't question masking toddlers or you'd be called a MAGA. Weeks of missed work for quarantine/isolation. That I kind of get - with a young kid it was really difficult to not catch it from her. One time she tested positive again 2 months after having it. My scientist relative insisted the rapid tests were never wrong and she had it again. We were horrified at the notion of more weeks of lost child care, so we got two PCRs, both negative. It turns out false positives are a thing. I lost some faith in public health agencies during this whole thing. I try to stay home when sick but when doctors charge a fee to cancel, I'm not paying that if I can avoid it. I don't mask. It's so uncomfortable plus I don't want people to think I am sick lol

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Anonymous wrote:I don't test. My child was 1 yo when the pandemic hit. At age 2 she was wearing a mask all day at daycare (except for the several hours of snacks, lunch and naps). You couldn't question masking toddlers or you'd be called a MAGA. Weeks of missed work for quarantine/isolation. That I kind of get - with a young kid it was really difficult to not catch it from her. One time she tested positive again 2 months after having it. My scientist relative insisted the rapid tests were never wrong and she had it again. We were horrified at the notion of more weeks of lost child care, so we got two PCRs, both negative. It turns out false positives are a thing. I lost some faith in public health agencies during this whole thing. I try to stay home when sick but when doctors charge a fee to cancel, I'm not paying that if I can avoid it. I don't mask. It's so uncomfortable plus I don't want people to think I am sick lol

What an idiot, and your poor kid! YIKES!

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Anonymous wrote:I have it. Went to the gym, out to lunch, and have a hair appointment tomorrow. Life goes on.

Your post = I am a selfish ahole. None of that was necessary. Especially the gym. How rude to be huffing and puffing around people. Unlike you, some people actually work. They get two weeks of summer vacation that they would prefer not to have COVID for - whether they are at the beach, in Europe or visiting family. You suck.

2020 just called asking for its self righteous bullying behavior back.

It’s not bullying to call out selfish wholes like you. If you don’t like to hear it, then alter your behavior, snowflake.

Said the person terrified to step outside with a cold circulating around.

For some of us, a simple cold can last weeks and often end up in the hospital. Stay blessed and selfish.

+1. Everyone should stay home so PP can go out.

That would be appreciated. How hard is it to stay home sick? Two months ago I went to a doctor who was sick. I waited nine months for the specialist. I wish they would have canceled. He was masking and said he was due to a cold. If you are working with high risk patients at least give them an option to reschedule. Nice guy but I just needed a copy of my test results to see another specialist and they only would give them to me in person. I knew the results. I was sick for over a month with two rounds of steroids and antibiotics and given how hotel I have to do that it’s ruining my liver. Can I thank you for the spread and send you my medical bills since you are too selfish to stay home when sick? Or, are you willing to step in and cook, clean and drive my kids when I cannot so my spouse doesn’t have to miss work? Or, at least send me food in the hospital as hospital food sucks. At least I usually get a private room.

Not sure why I would do those things for you when it was likely your doctor who made you sick.

I'm sorry you got sick but sometimes illnesses go around. That's life on planet earth, and I'm pretty sure it's been that way for tens of thousands of years.

If people like you stayed home sick, it would be better for everyone.

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Anonymous wrote:I have it. Went to the gym, out to lunch, and have a hair appointment tomorrow. Life goes on.

Your post = I am a selfish ahole. None of that was necessary. Especially the gym. How rude to be huffing and puffing around people. Unlike you, some people actually work. They get two weeks of summer vacation that they would prefer not to have COVID for - whether they are at the beach, in Europe or visiting family. You suck.

2020 just called asking for its self righteous bullying behavior back.

It’s not bullying to call out selfish wholes like you. If you don’t like to hear it, then alter your behavior, snowflake.

Said the person terrified to step outside with a cold circulating around.

For some of us, a simple cold can last weeks and often end up in the hospital. Stay blessed and selfish.

+1. Everyone should stay home so PP can go out.

That would be appreciated. How hard is it to stay home sick? Two months ago I went to a doctor who was sick. I waited nine months for the specialist. I wish they would have canceled. He was masking and said he was due to a cold. If you are working with high risk patients at least give them an option to reschedule. Nice guy but I just needed a copy of my test results to see another specialist and they only would give them to me in person. I knew the results. I was sick for over a month with two rounds of steroids and antibiotics and given how hotel I have to do that it’s ruining my liver. Can I thank you for the spread and send you my medical bills since you are too selfish to stay home when sick? Or, are you willing to step in and cook, clean and drive my kids when I cannot so my spouse doesn’t have to miss work? Or, at least send me food in the hospital as hospital food sucks. At least I usually get a private room.

Were you masking? Was the doctor masking in an N95 or just a surgical (which won't really do much to protect you)? Did he take it off in the treatment room inbetween patients?

I always mask, wash my hands before I leave, wipe hands in car and that time changed my clothes and washed well. Many viruses are surface so masking helps but he got up close to do an exam and touched me without gloves. I was doomed. I don’t know if he switched between patients. Most doctors don’t mask but our ped who is great.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't test. My child was 1 yo when the pandemic hit. At age 2 she was wearing a mask all day at daycare (except for the several hours of snacks, lunch and naps). You couldn't question masking toddlers or you'd be called a MAGA. Weeks of missed work for quarantine/isolation. That I kind of get - with a young kid it was really difficult to not catch it from her. One time she tested positive again 2 months after having it. My scientist relative insisted the rapid tests were never wrong and she had it again. We were horrified at the notion of more weeks of lost child care, so we got two PCRs, both negative. It turns out false positives are a thing. I lost some faith in public health agencies during this whole thing. I try to stay home when sick but when doctors charge a fee to cancel, I'm not paying that if I can avoid it. I don't mask. It's so uncomfortable plus I don't want people to think I am sick lol

What an idiot, and your poor kid! YIKES!

She’s got it right. You’re the idiot!

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Anonymous wrote:I have it. Went to the gym, out to lunch, and have a hair appointment tomorrow. Life goes on.

Your post = I am a selfish ahole. None of that was necessary. Especially the gym. How rude to be huffing and puffing around people. Unlike you, some people actually work. They get two weeks of summer vacation that they would prefer not to have COVID for - whether they are at the beach, in Europe or visiting family. You suck.

DP here and I agree with you but if you want to minimize your chances of getting covid, wear a kn95 in indoor public places. I do, and I have not gotten covid yet (and my household has tested a lot for covid over the years). I have not been sick since January 2020!

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Boosting your immunity is the most important thing, imo.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't test. My child was 1 yo when the pandemic hit. At age 2 she was wearing a mask all day at daycare (except for the several hours of snacks, lunch and naps). You couldn't question masking toddlers or you'd be called a MAGA. Weeks of missed work for quarantine/isolation. That I kind of get - with a young kid it was really difficult to not catch it from her. One time she tested positive again 2 months after having it. My scientist relative insisted the rapid tests were never wrong and she had it again. We were horrified at the notion of more weeks of lost child care, so we got two PCRs, both negative. It turns out false positives are a thing. I lost some faith in public health agencies during this whole thing. I try to stay home when sick but when doctors charge a fee to cancel, I'm not paying that if I can avoid it. I don't mask. It's so uncomfortable plus I don't want people to think I am sick lol

You shouldn’t have lost faith - it was a new situation and we all did the best we could with the info that we had, as it developed. Few things went to plan, but arguably as much because people refused to follow any protocols.

Two weeks of quarantine and serious attempts at masking would’ve helped but we closed the schools and kept bars and restaurants open, thus negating any value for the people who took it seriously and stayed home.

The development of vaccines, which saved countless lives by somewhat slowing the spread and majorly blunting the severity, and the treatments developed in record time, were modern miracles.

Your relative was right about the tests and you just had to read the box - false positives were rare but happened, false negatives were almost non-existent. You just didn’t understand what they were explaining.

All anyone asks of you now, with Covid or anything else - strep, the flu, colds or STIs, is to test when you can, do your best to minimize spread to others.

No one expects perfection - people understand busy lives, demanding jobs, children, etc but good faith effort to try and reduce the harm to others is very little to ask.