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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s amazing to me that there are so many people who are only immunocompromised when it comes to the covid virus. [/quote]

No, we have issues with colds and flu as well.  Sadly, you would know as those of us with serious issues mostly stay home and at this point I have to even limit things like medical care as my doctors don’t mask and see sick patients every morning.  We don’t have doctor choice so I sometimes have to private pay but it’s not affordable to do it a few times a month which I need so I just go without the care I need.  Last time I was at the doctor for my kid I picked up a bad cold.  It took weeks and multiple rounds of antibiotics and steroids to get me through it.  [/quote]

So, if you’re a person who is sensitive to many viruses and have always (before 2020) worn an N95 and limited contact with others, this isn’t directed at you.

But the fact remains that there is a whole segment of the population that freak out about Covid and want everyone restricted but, don’t care about any other virus.[/quote]

No one is restricting anything.  People would like others to be decent and stay home when sick.  How is that unreasonable?  So, because you cannot do something as simple as that, my life sucks and I basically rarely can leave home because I cannot risk someone like you sharing what ever the current illness is with me.[/quote]

You’re not saying that. You’re saying you want people to stay home based on the mere chance that they might still be sick. And you want people to broadly wear masks— presumably everyone, due to the high rates of asymptomatic infections— apparently because you can’t be expected to wear PPE correctly.

I'm still very confused about how you lived before covid. Particularly during the winter. Logically you would have similarly locked yourself down, except then I don't think you'd be so fixated on this in the special case of covid.[/quote]

In medical settings everyone who can should be masking.  The CDC just advised people at high risk to mask.  One way masking helps but it's also the germs on the surface that are unavoidable and at the doctor, usually they ask you to take off your mask when they are checking the ears and throat.  Last physical for my child, I got really sick going into the office.  The doctor was annoyed when my kid questioned them if it was a good idea for them to unmask as the doctor wasn't masked and right up in their face.

I have been locked down since covid started.  I have no other choice.

However, the point of this thread is basic precautions per the CDC recommendations.[/quote]

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