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Anonymous wrote:I didn't know people were still testing for this anymore. It's 2024, not 2021. It's endemic. We don't isolate anymore and nobody masks. There's no point.

Why can’t we be like Asian countries and mask when we’re sick to decrease the spread of viruses? It really isn’t that hard.

Because 2+ years of forcing preschoolers to mask predictably led to an over-correction the other way.

If mask mandates had been shorter and more targeted, I think we'd be in a very different situation when it comes to perceptions about masking.

I agree with you. There was definitely a political aspect to the mask mandates. Like since the right said they hated masks, especially masks on toddlers, the left had to insist on masking in every setting, especially for toddlers. For those of us who had to send our toddlers and preschoolers to daycare/preschool with masks they mostly wore under their noses and took off every 1-2 hours for snacks and naptime, it definitely contributed to losing faith in public health institutions. The worst part was that the messaging on masking was so moralistic, so any concerns about masking young children were rejected and the parents themselves were shamed. As someone whose kid had social issues made worse by masks (saw a clear regression when he started wearing a mask and a clear improvement after the mask mandate was lifted), I really can't with some of the discourse around masks. The benefits were also so exaggerated. Like it made sense during surges and for 10 days after infection to have teens and adults wear respirators, but loose fitting masks on anyone, especially young kids, really never made sense. Some people were really invested in the notion that masks of any kind made sharing air safe and without masks it was automatically unsafe. The messaging was just not credible.

Are cloth masks, which is what most people wore, even effective in not spreading Covid?

I always assumed it was mostly psychological and that people desperately wanted some form of protection and it was similar to a small child carrying around a security blanket.

The masking of young kids was unreal and shame on the people who went along with it. I personally fought it and was shamed.

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Anonymous wrote:In the real world, there are no mask mandates. No one is forcing anyone to do anything. So I wonder, what is wrong with all the angry anti-mask, anti-test people on this thread. why are you even on this thread? No one who is more cautious than you is hurting you? WTF is wrong with you?

Some are trolls

Many of us are people who genuinely want to do the right thing, but also find some of the amateur public health advice and moralizing ("I'm a good citizen and you are not!") shared on DCUM to this day pretty dumb and irresponsible.

To be fair, you have to include the context that those comments are usually in reaction to those saying they DGAF and Covid is a lie/over/overblown, you name it. I don't hear "I'm a good citizen and you're not", I hear "don't be an ahole". I think there is a distinction.

DP, but you need to read the entire thread. There are people calling other people murderers.

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Anonymous wrote:In the real world, there are no mask mandates. No one is forcing anyone to do anything. So I wonder, what is wrong with all the angry anti-mask, anti-test people on this thread. why are you even on this thread? No one who is more cautious than you is hurting you? WTF is wrong with you?

Some are trolls

Many of us are people who genuinely want to do the right thing, but also find some of the amateur public health advice and moralizing ("I'm a good citizen and you are not!") shared on DCUM to this day pretty dumb and irresponsible.

To be fair, you have to include the context that those comments are usually in reaction to those saying they DGAF and Covid is a lie/over/overblown, you name it. I don't hear "I'm a good citizen and you're not", I hear "don't be an ahole". I think there is a distinction.

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Anonymous wrote:In the real world, there are no mask mandates. No one is forcing anyone to do anything. So I wonder, what is wrong with all the angry anti-mask, anti-test people on this thread. why are you even on this thread? No one who is more cautious than you is hurting you? WTF is wrong with you?

Some are trolls

Many of us are people who genuinely want to do the right thing, but also find some of the amateur public health advice and moralizing ("I'm a good citizen and you are not!") shared on DCUM to this day pretty dumb and irresponsible.

Anonymous wrote:In the real world, there are no mask mandates. No one is forcing anyone to do anything. So I wonder, what is wrong with all the angry anti-mask, anti-test people on this thread. why are you even on this thread? No one who is more cautious than you is hurting you? WTF is wrong with you?

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't know people were still testing for this anymore. It's 2024, not 2021. It's endemic. We don't isolate anymore and nobody masks. There's no point.

Why can’t we be like Asian countries and mask when we’re sick to decrease the spread of viruses? It really isn’t that hard.

Because orange man made it a thing, and now people don’t “believe in” masks or they think wearing a mask attacks their freedom.

I shocked a roofer who doesn’t believe in masks by saying he’d probably want a doctor to wear one in surgery. I mean, I certainly would not want accidental spit landing on my internal organs.

I think the roofer never considered this aspect until I mentioned it. He was too busy hating “the libs.”

People don’t think ahead and fall into watching too much dumb TV.

Stop blaming Trump for everything. You sound so childish. People in this country never masked for illness before Covid (i.e. before Trump). It’s just not part of our nature. You can argue about whether or not we should try to make it something we as a society do going forward (as many Asian countries do) but this is not a liberal versus conservative issue.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't know people were still testing for this anymore. It's 2024, not 2021. It's endemic. We don't isolate anymore and nobody masks. There's no point.

Why can’t we be like Asian countries and mask when we’re sick to decrease the spread of viruses? It really isn’t that hard.

Because 2+ years of forcing preschoolers to mask predictably led to an over-correction the other way.

If mask mandates had been shorter and more targeted, I think we'd be in a very different situation when it comes to perceptions about masking.

I agree with you. There was definitely a political aspect to the mask mandates. Like since the right said they hated masks, especially masks on toddlers, the left had to insist on masking in every setting, especially for toddlers. For those of us who had to send our toddlers and preschoolers to daycare/preschool with masks they mostly wore under their noses and took off every 1-2 hours for snacks and naptime, it definitely contributed to losing faith in public health institutions. The worst part was that the messaging on masking was so moralistic, so any concerns about masking young children were rejected and the parents themselves were shamed. As someone whose kid had social issues made worse by masks (saw a clear regression when he started wearing a mask and a clear improvement after the mask mandate was lifted), I really can't with some of the discourse around masks. The benefits were also so exaggerated. Like it made sense during surges and for 10 days after infection to have teens and adults wear respirators, but loose fitting masks on anyone, especially young kids, really never made sense. Some people were really invested in the notion that masks of any kind made sharing air safe and without masks it was automatically unsafe. The messaging was just not credible.

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Anonymous wrote:I think my entire preschool class has Covid, but parents keep sending in their kids with congestion, coughs, runny noses, and 99° fevers. It’s frustrating but we don’t exclude for any of those symptoms so we’re stuck with sick kids.

You might as well shut down all the preschools of parents had to keep kids that age home for every runny nose.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't know people were still testing for this anymore. It's 2024, not 2021. It's endemic. We don't isolate anymore and nobody masks. There's no point.

Only jerks don't try to isolate when they have COVID.

I work with elderly people. I'm testing so I don't kill anyone.

The majority of us DON’T work with elderly people. We’re not going to kill anyone anymore than if we don’t isolate with the common cold. Stay in your lane.

you don't know if you're exposing someone who has a vulnerable family member. My kid is one. Thanks - I already knew no one gives a sh#@$

People should stay home when they are sick with whatever, not just covid

The onus is on the vulnerable members of society and/or their caretakers to take extra precautions. The whole world is not going to keep shutting down for a virus that for a huge number of folks is so mild that they might not even know they have it.

So staying home for a few days when you are actively sick with symptoms is shutting down the world?

Expecting everyone to stay home regardless of symptoms for as long as they are testing positive for covid is, yes.

the vast majority of people on this thread are not saying that. Go be a pot-stirring jerk elsewhere.

Are irrationality and hyper-sensitivity some of the lasting effects of Covid or something?

You folks who are determined to keep Covid “a thing” are seriously over dramatic and sensitive. It’s bizarre.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't know people were still testing for this anymore. It's 2024, not 2021. It's endemic. We don't isolate anymore and nobody masks. There's no point.

Only jerks don't try to isolate when they have COVID.

I work with elderly people. I'm testing so I don't kill anyone.

The majority of us DON’T work with elderly people. We’re not going to kill anyone anymore than if we don’t isolate with the common cold. Stay in your lane.

You need to stay in your lane. If you don't work with elderly people or have a loved one who is immuno-compromised, etc., then WHY are you even on this thread commenting. NO one on this thread has said anything about everyone testing. But some of us do, because we are protecting people we care about. And the truth is, you should isolate for a short period of time when you are symptomatic at the start of any virus. ANY virus. People who go around when they are actively sick are, in fact, jerks. ALWAYS have been, long before covid.

The people who continue to come on Covid-related threads to say "who cares" or "stay in your lane" need therapy. Or some compassion. or maybe just to STFU.

Sorry, you didn’t say this?

“Only jerks don't try to isolate when they have COVID.”

You sound completely unhinged.

I did not say that. That was a different PP. People with *any* illness should stay home when they are actively sick to minimize spread of infection. That's basic. That is what I meant by "isolate for a short period".

I think whether or not the person who did say that is over stepping depends on what they mean by isolate. Does that really mean stay home when you are first sick or stay home for 10 days. The former is common sense and common courtesy. The latter is no longer necessary.

Either way, the only people who sound unhinged are people like you and other PPs who come on threads like this and stir up trouble because you were so traumatized by Covid, you can't remain civil when the word is mentioned.

The OP said nothing about everyone testing and nothing about everyone isolating. There is a subset of people who still, quite legitimately, pay attention to covid. If you have no reason to do so, count your blessings and leave those of us that do alone. Seriously, go away to other threads where you might possibly have a relevant comment.

Then why did you belligerently respond to my post responding to a specific post that wasn’t yours? Are you so incompetent that you are unable to follow a written conversation?

Again, you are unhinged. And not very bright.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't know people were still testing for this anymore. It's 2024, not 2021. It's endemic. We don't isolate anymore and nobody masks. There's no point.

Why can’t we be like Asian countries and mask when we’re sick to decrease the spread of viruses? It really isn’t that hard.

Because 2+ years of forcing preschoolers to mask predictably led to an over-correction the other way.

If mask mandates had been shorter and more targeted, I think we'd be in a very different situation when it comes to perceptions about masking.

Anonymous wrote:I think my entire preschool class has Covid, but parents keep sending in their kids with congestion, coughs, runny noses, and 99° fevers. It’s frustrating but we don’t exclude for any of those symptoms so we’re stuck with sick kids.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't know people were still testing for this anymore. It's 2024, not 2021. It's endemic. We don't isolate anymore and nobody masks. There's no point.

Why can’t we be like Asian countries and mask when we’re sick to decrease the spread of viruses? It really isn’t that hard.

Because orange man made it a thing, and now people don’t “believe in” masks or they think wearing a mask attacks their freedom.

I shocked a roofer who doesn’t believe in masks by saying he’d probably want a doctor to wear one in surgery. I mean, I certainly would not want accidental spit landing on my internal organs.

I think the roofer never considered this aspect until I mentioned it. He was too busy hating “the libs.”

People don’t think ahead and fall into watching too much dumb TV.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't know people were still testing for this anymore. It's 2024, not 2021. It's endemic. We don't isolate anymore and nobody masks. There's no point.

Why can’t we be like Asian countries and mask when we’re sick to decrease the spread of viruses? It really isn’t that hard.

You are most infectious before you feel sick.

No, you’re most infectious when you feel the worst.