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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I might ask my kid to do so.  Omicron rates are still very high, and we have a very high risk family member.

I don't understand why other people are so threatened by what I ask my own child to do.  I get that you might not want to wear a mask yourself.  I'm not asking you to. I'm just asking that you leave my child alone.

People constantly say that those of us who take a lot of precautions are anxious, but many people on this thread appear to be afraid of a piece of clothing that someone else's child is wearing.  I'm taking an action that doesn't hurt you one bit, to prevent a rare but potentially devastating outcome.  You're taking an action that belittles a child to prevent . . . well nothing.  My child wearing a mask does nothing to you.  [/quote]

[b]But in this situation, the parent of this child asked the instructor to don a mask, no? [/b]

I do know people who do what is right for them and do not judge, however unfortunately I have found that heavy maskers are much more likely to push that upon others, in either direct ways, or indirect guilt trippy ways. I'm able to separate that, but other people might not be able to. [b]Also if you are always masked and I never see your face when I see you, I tend to view those people as subhuman in a weird way, like Sims moving through a landscape. I can't see your face, your expressions, your emotions, can't relate to you, [b]hence I struggle to care about you.[/b] Human psychology is powerful.[/b][/quote]

NP. So what if the instructor was asked to wear a mask? She could have said no. But instead she decided to do it. Wearing a mask is not hard, especially in winter.

I don't mask outdoors (unless asked to do so), but indoors I struggle to care about the people who I see not masking. I tend to view those people as selfish subhumans, and imagine that they probably also aren't vaccinated, either. [b]I wonder how they have become so self centered that they can't take a few small steps to protect other people.[/b] I wonder if, when they are confronted, they accuse the other person of "guilt tripping" them. I literally cannot imagine being such a person. [/quote]

Nope. Not doing this anymore. Done with your faux moral outrage that has no basis in science or reality. Get your filthy hands off my kid and our medical decisions. Cloth masks do.not.work, and N95s protect the wearer.

Reporting for misinformation. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2022/01/does-it-help-wear-mask-if-no-one-else/621177/[/quote]

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