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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe our new normal is people don’t live as long as they used to. I’m ok with this, myself included.  [/quote]

I do not believe you for 2 seconds. This has been a common platitude from the far right 20 somethings who have no risk. [/quote]

Believe whatever you want.  The majority of people have accepting they may get Covid and have accepted the small risk of complications that comes with it.  Do you never go anywhere? Most people aren’t masking, aren’t testing and have moved on and accepted covid[/quote]

And, crummy people like you end up giving it to people like me.  Thanks. [/quote]

Wouldn’t have happened if you had stayed home and masked harder. You do have some agency in this. [/quote]

I have not left my house in several weeks.   The rare occasion I go out, like for groceries I always mask.   Spouse and kids don’t go anywhere indoors so they had to have gotten it outdoors at an activity.   Good try.  If it happens to me, it will to you too.  [/quote]

DP. So you think that all good, non-crummy people should be masking *outdoors* as well, so as to avoid giving it to you?[/quote]

If you engage in behavior that puts others at risk, yes.  [/quote]

You mean such as getting near other people outdoors? Do your spouse and kids mask outdoors as well? And you think they still caught Covid from some unmasked person? That tells me their masks weren't well-fitting enough.

As your example shows, anybody can and will get Covid, unless you entirely stop interacting with others. The people your family caught it from may not be any less cautious than you are. And if they were, your family wasn't protecting themselves well enough, if your goal really is not to catch it. You cannot expect society to abide by your level of caution in perpetuity, because this virus is here to stay forever.[/quote]

They only masked indoors and probably got to close outdoors but everyone says you cannot get it outdoors which clearly is not true.   It’s running through the activity per emails and posts.  It’s clear where they got it.  I have not been to the activity and avoid people as I knew I’d catch it if anyone got to close.  It’s not unreasonable for people to mask indoors especially in places like schools.  [/quote]

So you think they caught it outdoors, while being unmasked themselves, but you still think that masking indoors would have prevented this from happening? You are still blaming others? You think there would have been no chance of anyone spreading Covid at your kids' outdoor activity if everyone just always masked indoors? Have you ever looked at the data out of countries that actually had N95 mandates, and how their surges compare to ours?

Covid cannot be stopped, even if everyone dons a quality mask in public indoor places. It can't be stopped now and it couldn't have been stopped early on if people had just "behaved better" in this country, because by *January 2020* it had already spread to 18 countries, and was in animal reservoirs. There was never any hope to stop it from infecting nearly every person on the planet, an outcome we are approaching now.[/quote]

It can get under control but people need to make an effort and when you are not willing, sadly people like me suffer.  [/quote]

No, it can not get under control. Not even China is going to succeed with their extreme lockdowns. That is what you need to grasp one day, and then maybe you feel less resentful towards your fellow human beings, who are just being human.[/quote]

That’s just ridiculous. Japan, for example, has had far lower COVID cases and deaths than we have. No extreme lockdowns.[/quote]

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