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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Like, you would rather get it repeatedly even if it's going to take 20 years off your life?  Because you don't want to mask?  Even if it takes 40 years off your life?  Even if it makes you have a heart attack in 2 years?  Because you don't like masking THAT much?

It's a strange hill to die on, but okay.[/quote]

If I thought masks would do what you seem to think they do, I’d mask too. But since they don’t…[/quote]

DCUM is such a strange world. People here are in complete denial that a lot of transmission is inevitable. Not all of it, but most of it.[/quote]

And yet, we mask with N95s and are the healthiest weve been in years. [/quote]

And if/when you remove your mask, you will be China - just delaying the inevitable. [/quote]

Why would we need to remove them if they help keep us healthy?  If it's NBD after close to 3 years of wearing, what is the downside to wear them in perpetuity?  Like are there actually any documented risks to oral health, etc. from long-term mask usage?  My dentist told me there have been studies showing that the bacterial "biome" in our mouths shifted slightly due to masking, but nothing necessarily negative.  He still wears masks when seeing patients.[/quote]

Asking this seriously, are you on the spectrum? How do you not notice the difference in social interactions when masked vs unmasked?  [/quote]

DP, but do you have a mental health disorder?  I wear a mask at work and have no problem interacting with people.  Occasionally I need to talk louder for an older person because they can't hear me as well and can't watch my mouth while I speak, but that and avoiding eating engagements with people has been the main effect I've noticed.  That and still getting to work from home a lot.  If you have this much difficulty with a piece of cloth I wonder if there might be some deeper issue you need to deal with.  "Asking this seriously."[/quote]

I’m one of those “older people” who struggles to understand people in masks. I also struggle to be understood. I am 42. I do have a minor hearing impairment, but I think I also just rely a lot on nonverbal communication from reading people’s faces.

I masked close to 100% until I was vaccinated, and then returned to heavy masking throughout the omicron surge. I live in an area where outdoor masking was common so we all did it, even though based on what I knew about the virus, outdoor masking was pointless unless you were in a crowd of people. But since vaccination, I’ve masked less and less. The change in quality of life is dramatic. My mental health has improved greatly. I had developed social anxiety and it’s almost totally gone now.

I did finally get Covid for the first time this fall. It was worse than a cold and I don’t want it again. But I do weigh this against the burden of masking/isolating because having done it for extended periods of time, I understand the cost. I’m not cavalier about Covid but I refuse to pretend permanent masking is no big deal. I know it is. I don’t judge people for masking and I don’t judge them for not. I rarely mask now unless I am sick. [/quote]

If you were having mental health issues because of your mask wearing, then it does seem like you needed to do something differently.

Many people can wear masks without it turning into a mental health issue.  My family and I are not having any problems, and I guess we've been lucky given the many comments here that seem to see wearing masks to protect one another as such a burden.

FWIW, I'm not advocating for permanent masking.  I'm hopeful that science will find a vaccine that actually stops transmission, or finds a cure that stops the deleterious effects of the disease -- or something else happens so that masks aren't needed.  Until then it's not really hard for our family to wear masks, so we will.  I'm sorry you had difficulty with it and hope you continue to be well without it.  Good luck.[/quote]

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