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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love all the people who are all "it's time to move on and accept that COVID is part of life" but can't be bothered to accept that wearing a mask and being cautious is part of accepting that.[/quote]

That would require empathy and mild effort. [/quote]

I'm prone to motion sickness and wearing a mask (particularly a quality, well fitted one) makes it worse.  Would you like me to puke on your lap while riding the metro?

But since we are talking about empathy, I hope you would at least have some empathy for the hearing impaired that rely on lip movement and have really had a hard time with everyone wearing masks.  Guessing you don't know anyone like that personally but they would consider it more that "mild" effort.[/quote]

You assume too much. [/quote]

So do you have empathy for those who find indefinite masking less "mild effort" than you or not?  [/quote]

Absolutely. Especially when they’re not trolls posing as someone that has an issue with masks. [/quote]

Not sure why you think I'm a troll, my aunt is hearing impaired.  Luckily for her she doesn't live here though.  I just get tired of blanket statements about masks being "easy" and "no effort" and only selfish people don't wear them, blah blah blah.  Some of you should stop and think before posting blanket statements.[/quote]

People are supposed to wear masks when they return to activities after being COVID positive and for 10 days after a known exposure. In addition, wearing a mask if you have symptoms but a negative test is also courteous (if you have to go out at all). We can't get rid of COVID, but we can try to keep it at manageable levels of community spread. The more out of control the virus is, the more people will opt to wear masks, whether that is based on personal risk assessment or as recommended by the CDC following a positive test or an exposure to a positive person.

Living with COVID should not mean ignoring the virus or COVID-like symptoms, but that's what the majority of the population seems to want. [/quote]

DP- wearing a mask in situations like you describe (when Covid positive or exposed) makes sense.  But pretty sure there is a vocal contingent who wants everyone masking everywhere, all the time. That’s a harder sell at this point.[/quote]

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