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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you call virtue signalling having to see people literally die and/or have a stroke in their 50s w/o any other underlying conditions other than a recent COVID infection, by all means, I'll own the virtue signalling.

The question is, why does it offend you?

I am about to be slammed in the hospital yet again because people like you get so offended by COVID.

Here is what I recommend:

1. Wear a well-fitting, high quality mask (KN95 or N95) during surges in all indoor settings when mixing with non household members.

2. Test before gathering with non-household members

3. Do 1 and 2 to keep schools and daycares open

4. Do 1 and 2 so I can do my job in hospitals.

Again, sorry if this offends you[/quote]

OP here. Thank you for sharing. Speaking specially to your post, I appreciate you being specific about what you want. I'm sorry that things in healthcare settings are difficult right now. What "offends" me about your specific post is basically the implication that COVID (and the flu, and RSV) is the fault of anyone who is engaging in indoor dining in restaurants/indoor activities with people they don't know and can't be sure are testing. And I'm curious - aside from the fact that we're going on three years, which is a long time for people to avoid these types of activities (my child was 12 months old when the pandemic hit, which means these have been three very key years in her social development and yes it has impacted her very much), it also means that many businesses and their employees lose their livelihoods. I know I know, how can I possibly put MONEY above PEOPLE'S LIVES. I think that's a pretty dumb and selfish argument because you're not the one who can't put food on the table.

So I think we can agree that you think I am a terrible person, and I think that's quite unfair at this point.[/quote]

Wow.  You're talking to someone dealing with death on the front lines and you're offended by "the implication[s]" of their post that "you think I am a terrible person" -- which they never said, it's just you're own guilt talking I guess.  I think you should try to do better.[/quote]

The PP literally said "people like you" (referring to me) are responsible for the hospital surge. The PP knows nothing about me or my family. That type if discourse is not true or helpful. It's abusive.[/quote]

Your scare quotes around "warn" were totally warranted and normal, but the health care talking about people who aren't taking covid seriously causing the surge they are seeing firsthand is "abusive" lol okay.[/quote]

Actually they didn't refer to people who "aren't taking COVID seriously". [b]They're referring to anyone who expresses frustration with the discourse among certain people who have made "taking COVID seriously" a part of their identity and who refuse to acknowledge that expecting healthy people to wear masks in any indoor setting, indefinitely is not realistic.[/b] Y'all can keep shouting about this and blaming people, when in fact COVID surges are widely acknowledged to NOT be driven by people's behavior including mask wearing. Do masks help? I'm sure they do, somewhat (given how most of the public wears them).

I do take COVID seriously, and made a lot of sacrifices that cost my child pretty seriously. Of course, you'll deny that I actually made any sacrifices, that's the discourse among you psychopaths. And it's not helpful. All you're doing is alienating people and making yourself sound crazy.[/quote]

No.  When you start a post like this with scare quotes around "warn" you have already taken the position that reasonable people don't warn others about covid anymore.  Now you are arguing that a health care worker who asked people to take precautions and cast a little blame your way because of your obvious attitude is "abusive."  Lol no.

I'll ask you the same questions you asked about the health care worker.  Do you think your post is helpful?  Do you think you are changing anyone's mind?  I keep asking you to look inward because you keep failing to connect that you are doing exactly the same thing that you think is abusive when other people do it.  You just think your point of view is right and theirs is wrong.  Good luck with that.[/quote]

No, putting the word "warn" in quotes is not the same thing as blaming random people you know nothing about for a hospital surge.

I'm sure you have a point you want to make here, but suggesting something so ridiculous makes it hard to discern what that is.

And I didn't post here to change anyone's mind. I posted to understand what exactly is the expectation. As I mentioned, I appreciated that the HCW PP actually answered my question, though they also blamed me for the hospital surge which is unnecessary and yes, abusive.[/quote]

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