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Anonymous wrote:We've somehow reached a point where "freedom" in this country means I can do whatever I want no matter who it hurts.

And this is case in point for the overwrought and over dramatic perception of risk many of us don’t share with you.

We don’t care about your personal risk assessment, you don’t get to decide whether you catch a disease or not and you don’t get to decide that if you have a disease that you are not going to pass it on and who you pass it on to.

And you don’t get to decide that other people need to follow your personal rules on mask wearing.

Sounds like you want a mandate if your main problem is with “personal rules”. The quickest way to avoid mandates would be voluntary compliance. Yoi don’t seem to grasp this point.

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Anonymous wrote:What is amazing about this thread is the number of people arguing against masks who freely admit that they as well as their friends and family have all had Covid.

Because many of us got covid, it wasn’t a big deal, and we’re moving on with our lives. The fear is gone. I’m vaccinated and boosted, and had covid less than 60 days ago. I’m done, and don’t see any point in continued masking to do what, exactly? Protect people who can’t be bothered to vaccinate themselves?

People at risk for serious illness have had a year to get vaccinated. I’m done worrying about people who aren’t worried about themselves.

Many who also got Covid were unable to move in with their lives and many still are still dying from Covid.

Your attitude has been called out as selfish and this exemplifies that point. There are people who likely caught and died from Covid thanks to this attitude and unwillingness to wear masks or get vaccinated.

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They just don’t care.

You’re right. I don’t care about the health decisions others make for themselves. I think you folks who moralize this whole thing are crazy. Every one of you has spread bacteria and viruses your entire lives. You have no way of knowing if your germs led to someone’s death or suffering. But it’s obviously not practical to sustain this kind of hyper vigilance forever. So people assess risk and make their own choices as they need to. Just because you over-perceive risk doesn’t make everyone else morally lacking.

Yes, we know you don’t give a shit about others. You keep explaining it as if we are not aware of that fact. Regarding germs: I have always taken appropriate action to limit the spread of my own infection. I kept my kid home from school, I got a flu shot, I wash my hands before preparing food, I wear flip flops in public showers… I can keep going. You are the one acting like our personal decisions do not matter to anyone else. That is simply not true despite your desperate attempts to justify your selfish actions. It is a moral issue when masks cost you nothing but can help spare another person death or major life disruption.

There are no desperate attempts, my PP is simply what I believe the non-mask wearing person to be. I noticed you didn’t deny any of the observations I listed and you seem to think that stating that I think of others is some inherent weakness or insult.

I honestly think you’re talking to at least 2 of us, but your original post was aimed at me. You noticed I didn’t deny your “observations”? What observations? I’ve never met you. Again, there’s nothing I can do about the stories you decide to invent in your head, and I certainly don’t owe you any explanations.

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Anonymous wrote:What is amazing about this thread is the number of people arguing against masks who freely admit that they as well as their friends and family have all had Covid.

Because many of us got covid, it wasn’t a big deal, and we’re moving on with our lives. The fear is gone. I’m vaccinated and boosted, and had covid less than 60 days ago. I’m done, and don’t see any point in continued masking to do what, exactly? Protect people who can’t be bothered to vaccinate themselves?

People at risk for serious illness have had a year to get vaccinated. I’m done worrying about people who aren’t worried about themselves.

Many who also got Covid were unable to move in with their lives and many still are still dying from Covid.

Your attitude has been called out as selfish and this exemplifies that point. There are people who likely caught and died from Covid thanks to this attitude and unwillingness to wear masks or get vaccinated.

+1

They just don’t care.

You’re right. I don’t care about the health decisions others make for themselves. I think you folks who moralize this whole thing are crazy. Every one of you has spread bacteria and viruses your entire lives. You have no way of knowing if your germs led to someone’s death or suffering. But it’s obviously not practical to sustain this kind of hyper vigilance forever. So people assess risk and make their own choices as they need to. Just because you over-perceive risk doesn’t make everyone else morally lacking.

Yes, we know you don’t give a shit about others. You keep explaining it as if we are not aware of that fact. Regarding germs: I have always taken appropriate action to limit the spread of my own infection. I kept my kid home from school, I got a flu shot, I wash my hands before preparing food, I wear flip flops in public showers… I can keep going. You are the one acting like our personal decisions do not matter to anyone else. That is simply not true despite your desperate attempts to justify your selfish actions. It is a moral issue when masks cost you nothing but can help spare another person death or major life disruption.

There are no desperate attempts, my PP is simply what I believe the non-mask wearing person to be. I noticed you didn’t deny any of the observations I listed and you seem to think that stating that I think of others is some inherent weakness or insult.

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Anonymous wrote:We've somehow reached a point where "freedom" in this country means I can do whatever I want no matter who it hurts.

And this is case in point for the overwrought and over dramatic perception of risk many of us don’t share with you.

We don’t care about your personal risk assessment, you don’t get to decide whether you catch a disease or not and you don’t get to decide that if you have a disease that you are not going to pass it on and who you pass it on to.

And you don’t get to decide that other people need to follow your personal rules on mask wearing.

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Anonymous wrote:We've somehow reached a point where "freedom" in this country means I can do whatever I want no matter who it hurts.

And this is case in point for the overwrought and over dramatic perception of risk many of us don’t share with you.

We don’t care about your personal risk assessment, you don’t get to decide whether you catch a disease or not and you don’t get to decide that if you have a disease that you are not going to pass it on and who you pass it on to.

And you don’t get to decide that other people need to follow your personal rules on mask wearing.

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Anonymous wrote:What is amazing about this thread is the number of people arguing against masks who freely admit that they as well as their friends and family have all had Covid.

Because many of us got covid, it wasn’t a big deal, and we’re moving on with our lives. The fear is gone. I’m vaccinated and boosted, and had covid less than 60 days ago. I’m done, and don’t see any point in continued masking to do what, exactly? Protect people who can’t be bothered to vaccinate themselves?

People at risk for serious illness have had a year to get vaccinated. I’m done worrying about people who aren’t worried about themselves.

Many who also got Covid were unable to move in with their lives and many still are still dying from Covid.

Your attitude has been called out as selfish and this exemplifies that point. There are people who likely caught and died from Covid thanks to this attitude and unwillingness to wear masks or get vaccinated.

+1

They just don’t care.

You’re right. I don’t care about the health decisions others make for themselves. I think you folks who moralize this whole thing are crazy. Every one of you has spread bacteria and viruses your entire lives. You have no way of knowing if your germs led to someone’s death or suffering. But it’s obviously not practical to sustain this kind of hyper vigilance forever. So people assess risk and make their own choices as they need to. Just because you over-perceive risk doesn’t make everyone else morally lacking.

Yes, we know you don’t give a shit about others. You keep explaining it as if we are not aware of that fact. Regarding germs: I have always taken appropriate action to limit the spread of my own infection. I kept my kid home from school, I got a flu shot, I wash my hands before preparing food, I wear flip flops in public showers… I can keep going. You are the one acting like our personal decisions do not matter to anyone else. That is simply not true despite your desperate attempts to justify your selfish actions. It is a moral issue when masks cost you nothing but can help spare another person death or major life disruption.

There are no desperate attempts, my PP is simply what I believe the non-mask wearing person to be. I noticed you didn’t deny any of the observations I listed and you seem to think that stating that I think of others is some inherent weakness or insult.

I honestly think you’re talking to at least 2 of us, but your original post was aimed at me. You noticed I didn’t deny your “observations”? What observations? I’ve never met you. Again, there’s nothing I can do about the stories you decide to invent in your head, and I certainly don’t owe you any explanations.

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Anonymous wrote:We've somehow reached a point where "freedom" in this country means I can do whatever I want no matter who it hurts.

And this is case in point for the overwrought and over dramatic perception of risk many of us don’t share with you.

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Anonymous wrote:We've somehow reached a point where "freedom" in this country means I can do whatever I want no matter who it hurts.

And this is case in point for the overwrought and over dramatic perception of risk many of us don’t share with you.

We don’t care about your personal risk assessment, you don’t get to decide whether you catch a disease or not and you don’t get to decide that if you have a disease that you are not going to pass it on and who you pass it on to.

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Anonymous wrote:What is amazing about this thread is the number of people arguing against masks who freely admit that they as well as their friends and family have all had Covid.

Because many of us got covid, it wasn’t a big deal, and we’re moving on with our lives. The fear is gone. I’m vaccinated and boosted, and had covid less than 60 days ago. I’m done, and don’t see any point in continued masking to do what, exactly? Protect people who can’t be bothered to vaccinate themselves?

People at risk for serious illness have had a year to get vaccinated. I’m done worrying about people who aren’t worried about themselves.

Many who also got Covid were unable to move in with their lives and many still are still dying from Covid.

Your attitude has been called out as selfish and this exemplifies that point. There are people who likely caught and died from Covid thanks to this attitude and unwillingness to wear masks or get vaccinated.

Shrug. Mask mandates are starting to fall like dominoes all over the country. I live in Virginia, and can’t remember the last time I put on a mask.

You can call me whatever you want, I don’t care. If you expect people to keep wearing masks to make you less anxious, that’s a you problem. It has nothing to do with me. People are going back to normal. You’ll need to learn to accept that.

LOL. It doesn’t make me anxious but it does tell me who YOU are. I already know you are self centered. You’re the guy parks in two spaces, leaves the shopping cart out in the parking lot, leaves food on random shelves in Walmart because you changed your mind, cuts in at the last minute in a traffic jam, doesn’t silence the phone in the theater, takes their shoes off on the plane, Thinks CRT is bad, doesn’t think Jan 6 was bad, thinks mask wearing is a choice but books should be banned if you don’t like what it says or uses words you don’t like. When i see you not wearing a mask this is who I think you are.

Okay. Like I said, knock yourself out. You’re free to believe what you want. It’s still a free country. And, if I really did believe all of those things, do you think I’d care that some DC area liberal disapproved of me?

Maybe stop worrying so much about what people are doing and thinking around you. You can only control your actions.

You seem to be struggling with the point, I don’t care if you get sick, I don’t care if you die from Covid. I am just stating the type of person I see when I see someone not wearing a mask. It is your choice and it is likely that you leave the shopping cart free in the parking lot, cut people off at the last minute, use your phone in the theater, etc.

That’s who you are and you are free to be that person.

Does making up scenarios about other people based on one article of clothing, or the lack thereof, strike you as a rational thing to do?

Not when I view it as a simple courtesy during a pandemic for 35 minutes in a grocery store. No, that list is pretty much who you are.

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Anonymous wrote:We've somehow reached a point where "freedom" in this country means I can do whatever I want no matter who it hurts.

And this is case in point for the overwrought and over dramatic perception of risk many of us don’t share with you.

Anonymous wrote:We've somehow reached a point where "freedom" in this country means I can do whatever I want no matter who it hurts.

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Anonymous wrote:What is amazing about this thread is the number of people arguing against masks who freely admit that they as well as their friends and family have all had Covid.

Because many of us got covid, it wasn’t a big deal, and we’re moving on with our lives. The fear is gone. I’m vaccinated and boosted, and had covid less than 60 days ago. I’m done, and don’t see any point in continued masking to do what, exactly? Protect people who can’t be bothered to vaccinate themselves?

People at risk for serious illness have had a year to get vaccinated. I’m done worrying about people who aren’t worried about themselves.

Many who also got Covid were unable to move in with their lives and many still are still dying from Covid.

Your attitude has been called out as selfish and this exemplifies that point. There are people who likely caught and died from Covid thanks to this attitude and unwillingness to wear masks or get vaccinated.

Shrug. Mask mandates are starting to fall like dominoes all over the country. I live in Virginia, and can’t remember the last time I put on a mask.

You can call me whatever you want, I don’t care. If you expect people to keep wearing masks to make you less anxious, that’s a you problem. It has nothing to do with me. People are going back to normal. You’ll need to learn to accept that.

LOL. It doesn’t make me anxious but it does tell me who YOU are. I already know you are self centered. You’re the guy parks in two spaces, leaves the shopping cart out in the parking lot, leaves food on random shelves in Walmart because you changed your mind, cuts in at the last minute in a traffic jam, doesn’t silence the phone in the theater, takes their shoes off on the plane, Thinks CRT is bad, doesn’t think Jan 6 was bad, thinks mask wearing is a choice but books should be banned if you don’t like what it says or uses words you don’t like. When i see you not wearing a mask this is who I think you are.

Okay. Like I said, knock yourself out. You’re free to believe what you want. It’s still a free country. And, if I really did believe all of those things, do you think I’d care that some DC area liberal disapproved of me?

Maybe stop worrying so much about what people are doing and thinking around you. You can only control your actions.

You seem to be struggling with the point, I don’t care if you get sick, I don’t care if you die from Covid. I am just stating the type of person I see when I see someone not wearing a mask. It is your choice and it is likely that you leave the shopping cart free in the parking lot, cut people off at the last minute, use your phone in the theater, etc.

That’s who you are and you are free to be that person.

Does making up scenarios about other people based on one article of clothing, or the lack thereof, strike you as a rational thing to do?

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Anonymous wrote:What is amazing about this thread is the number of people arguing against masks who freely admit that they as well as their friends and family have all had Covid.

Because many of us got covid, it wasn’t a big deal, and we’re moving on with our lives. The fear is gone. I’m vaccinated and boosted, and had covid less than 60 days ago. I’m done, and don’t see any point in continued masking to do what, exactly? Protect people who can’t be bothered to vaccinate themselves?

People at risk for serious illness have had a year to get vaccinated. I’m done worrying about people who aren’t worried about themselves.

Many who also got Covid were unable to move in with their lives and many still are still dying from Covid.

Your attitude has been called out as selfish and this exemplifies that point. There are people who likely caught and died from Covid thanks to this attitude and unwillingness to wear masks or get vaccinated.

Shrug. Mask mandates are starting to fall like dominoes all over the country. I live in Virginia, and can’t remember the last time I put on a mask.

You can call me whatever you want, I don’t care. If you expect people to keep wearing masks to make you less anxious, that’s a you problem. It has nothing to do with me. People are going back to normal. You’ll need to learn to accept that.

LOL. It doesn’t make me anxious but it does tell me who YOU are. I already know you are self centered. You’re the guy parks in two spaces, leaves the shopping cart out in the parking lot, leaves food on random shelves in Walmart because you changed your mind, cuts in at the last minute in a traffic jam, doesn’t silence the phone in the theater, takes their shoes off on the plane, Thinks CRT is bad, doesn’t think Jan 6 was bad, thinks mask wearing is a choice but books should be banned if you don’t like what it says or uses words you don’t like. When i see you not wearing a mask this is who I think you are.

Okay. Like I said, knock yourself out. You’re free to believe what you want. It’s still a free country. And, if I really did believe all of those things, do you think I’d care that some DC area liberal disapproved of me?

Maybe stop worrying so much about what people are doing and thinking around you. You can only control your actions.

You seem to be struggling with the point, I don’t care if you get sick, I don’t care if you die from Covid. I am just stating the type of person I see when I see someone not wearing a mask. It is your choice and it is likely that you leave the shopping cart free in the parking lot, cut people off at the last minute, use your phone in the theater, etc.

That’s who you are and you are free to be that person.

Does making up scenarios about other people based on one article of clothing, or the lack thereof, strike you as a rational thing to do?

Anonymous wrote:Why are there laws against smoking cigarettes in public when a concerned person could simply wear a respirator to avoid the smoke? Seriously, I would love an explanation!

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