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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am and will continue wearing a mask indoors for the foreseeable future, no plan to stop without more info re covid being much less prevalent or remaining strains being less harmful.  I'm not wearing a mask because I'm keeping up appearances, but because I legit don't want myself or my family to get infected because of the unknown and potentially serious long term effects from covid.

As I said in another thread, [b]many scientists are suggesting that in the coming years we will find that covid infections are like HIV or Epstein-Barr (mono) infections, in that the initial infection itself might not kill you, but it implants long lasting damage to your immunity system that will be felt down the line.[/b]

For example, we already know that covid infections -- even mild infections -- can cause long lasting impact to your T cells, which are the cells that help to fight off infections and diseases like cancer. Even mild covid infections can deplete your body's finite reserve of T cells and age them, say about 10 years, so that a 40 year old who gets infected with covid can wind up with the natural immunity of a 50 year old. It's not a good idea to keep getting infected with different strains as though it's no big deal, because sooner or later your body is going to catch up with you. It's like the fable of the grasshopper and the ant. Fail to take precautions now so that you can live your life in perfect freedom and pay later, if you like.

Here is a helpful youtube video explaining how T cells are affected by covid and how the disease causes harm that you may not immediately see. [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCWfytQXpEs.[/url] The advice of the doctors on this video are: minimize the number of times you get covid; use rapid testing to determine when you have the disease and don't expose others needlessly; preventativeness through adequate ventilation; boosters every 4 months until a better booster/vaccine (possibly nasal) is developed; use better masks especially in crowded indoor spaces; and get vaccination numbers up over the world.

I know most people are tired of all this and just want to get back to their normal lives, and maybe haven't seen serious consequences from a covid infection so don't think there is much sense in taking preventative measures anymore.  I don't feel that way, and still think there is a lot to be gained from avoiding covid infection altogether if possible.  And I just don't think masks are that hard or inconvenient.[/quote]

Please give some links to those "many scientists" saying this, beyond those two YouTube guys.[/quote]

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