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Anonymous wrote:These are the groups of people masking indoors:

- highly, highly vulnerable people (very few people)
- people who've had their germophobia awakened by covid. They operated pretty normally before, but now they can't unsee all the germs everywhere and are pretty freaked out by it all (even if the "germs" are benign and normal, even healthy for your immune health strengthening)
- insecure people who don't like being seen. People who don't want to be recognized (even though we can still recognize you with a mask)
- people who've made "masks make me a good person" their identity, and they don't know how to redirect being a good person to other areas - "a masker" has become a part of their identity
- people who are doing it because everyone else is doing it. I think this is the vast majority of people. Slowly these people will unmask and be the majority, but it's going to take time.

Or, I don't want to catch covid from you.

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Anonymous wrote:These are the groups of people masking indoors:

- highly, highly vulnerable people (very few people)
- people who've had their germophobia awakened by covid. They operated pretty normally before, but now they can't unsee all the germs everywhere and are pretty freaked out by it all (even if the "germs" are benign and normal, even healthy for your immune health strengthening)
- insecure people who don't like being seen. People who don't want to be recognized (even though we can still recognize you with a mask)
- people who've made "masks make me a good person" their identity, and they don't know how to redirect being a good person to other areas - "a masker" has become a part of their identity
- people who are doing it because everyone else is doing it. I think this is the vast majority of people. Slowly these people will unmask and be the majority, but it's going to take time.

You forgot the people who were simply following the mandates that were in place until now.

That largely fits into the last group. I live in Alexandria, where we haven't mask mandates for a year. I'm so puzzled at places that still require it (as a region, not as an individual business).

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Anonymous wrote:I'm going to wear a mask when indoors around strangers until we understand the prevalence, risk factors for, and severity of long covid and until my youngest child is fully vaccinated, whichever comes second. IDGAF if you want to see my face.

+10000!

Really? Around strangers? i had thought studies/reports came out by how much covid spread with small in person gatherings in people's homes and such? All of which to say, sometimes it's anxiety and fear controlling. Unless your child who is under 5 has a health issue, you are also misunderstanding their statistical risks,

Anonymous wrote:These are the groups of people masking indoors:

- highly, highly vulnerable people (very few people)
- people who've had their germophobia awakened by covid. They operated pretty normally before, but now they can't unsee all the germs everywhere and are pretty freaked out by it all (even if the "germs" are benign and normal, even healthy for your immune health strengthening)
- insecure people who don't like being seen. People who don't want to be recognized (even though we can still recognize you with a mask)
- people who've made "masks make me a good person" their identity, and they don't know how to redirect being a good person to other areas - "a masker" has become a part of their identity
- people who are doing it because everyone else is doing it. I think this is the vast majority of people. Slowly these people will unmask and be the majority, but it's going to take time.

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Anonymous wrote:These are the groups of people masking indoors:

- highly, highly vulnerable people (very few people)
- people who've had their germophobia awakened by covid. They operated pretty normally before, but now they can't unsee all the germs everywhere and are pretty freaked out by it all (even if the "germs" are benign and normal, even healthy for your immune health strengthening)
- insecure people who don't like being seen. People who don't want to be recognized (even though we can still recognize you with a mask)
- people who've made "masks make me a good person" their identity, and they don't know how to redirect being a good person to other areas - "a masker" has become a part of their identity
- people who are doing it because everyone else is doing it. I think this is the vast majority of people. Slowly these people will unmask and be the majority, but it's going to take time.

You forgot the people who were simply following the mandates that were in place until now.

Anonymous wrote:These are the groups of people masking indoors:

- highly, highly vulnerable people (very few people)
- people who've had their germophobia awakened by covid. They operated pretty normally before, but now they can't unsee all the germs everywhere and are pretty freaked out by it all (even if the "germs" are benign and normal, even healthy for your immune health strengthening)
- insecure people who don't like being seen. People who don't want to be recognized (even though we can still recognize you with a mask)
- people who've made "masks make me a good person" their identity, and they don't know how to redirect being a good person to other areas - "a masker" has become a part of their identity
- people who are doing it because everyone else is doing it. I think this is the vast majority of people. Slowly these people will unmask and be the majority, but it's going to take time.

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Because you needed to be told what to do.

DP. Not everybody is a maverick like you. Some people follow the rules of local governments or private businesses.

Yes, they follow them right over the cliff, no matter how stupid they are.

I mean, people also stop at a stop sign even if no car or pedestrian is in sight, even though that can feel kind of stupid, too. I also wear shoes and shirts at a restaurant if it's required, even if I'm coming from the beach. I am guessing you are the type who runs stop signs and goes barefoot?

No, because those are not "stupid" rules. Going barefoot in a public restaurant risks injury to the foot and is a potential liability to the business owner if I step on a piece of broken glass. Stopping at a stop sign with no other car in sight reinforces the point that one must ALWAYS stop at a stop sign, a fact that I point out to my teen driver all the time. It helps it become a habit versus a judgment call.

Vaccinated and boosted people wearing masks indoors as a general guideline (hey, what if there is no one else in the store or library? what if my child is in a classroom by himself for some reason?) is a pointless act and is uncomfortable as well.

Vaccinated and boosted means nothing when these vaccines wear off after 6-8 weeks and they aren't formulated for the current variants. The point is Covid can linger in the air so if someone was in the area your child was in, they can get it. It can also flow through the HVAC system.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm going to wear a mask when indoors around strangers until we understand the prevalence, risk factors for, and severity of long covid and until my youngest child is fully vaccinated, whichever comes second. IDGAF if you want to see my face.

+10000!

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Because you needed to be told what to do.

DP. Not everybody is a maverick like you. Some people follow the rules of local governments or private businesses.

Yes, they follow them right over the cliff, no matter how stupid they are.

I mean, people also stop at a stop sign even if no car or pedestrian is in sight, even though that can feel kind of stupid, too. I also wear shoes and shirts at a restaurant if it's required, even if I'm coming from the beach. I am guessing you are the type who runs stop signs and goes barefoot?

No, because those are not "stupid" rules. Going barefoot in a public restaurant risks injury to the foot and is a potential liability to the business owner if I step on a piece of broken glass. Stopping at a stop sign with no other car in sight reinforces the point that one must ALWAYS stop at a stop sign, a fact that I point out to my teen driver all the time. It helps it become a habit versus a judgment call.

Vaccinated and boosted people wearing masks indoors as a general guideline (hey, what if there is no one else in the store or library? what if my child is in a classroom by himself for some reason?) is a pointless act and is uncomfortable as well.

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Anonymous wrote:Most of the DC/MD herd is eager to wear masks for the rest of their lives. I was in Whole Foods two days after the mask mandate ended and 95% of people were still wearing them. Truly a pathetic lot.

Go to a less expensive grocery store. Very few masks in sight in Safeway or Giant.

Pathetic? Why do you care so much first PP?

I frequent the Giant at Groveton, Alexandria. Tons of masks still. Well over 50%.

I agree it's pathetic. These are adults who are so out of touch with reality and bought into "the narrative" that they're incapable of thinking for themselves. That's a bad thing. They should be shamed. And the people who caused them to become so frightened should be punished, especially those who forced this on our children.

People obsessed with other people wearing masks are pathetic. You need to seek therapy to manage your irrational anger at other people who are not harming you.

I feel this way about people who feel nervous about people not wearing masks in stores. We're not sick, we're not harming you, do what you want for yourself but your anger is irrational.

I am the person you are responding to and I see far more rage on here from anti-maskers. You are the ones starting all these endless threads and the same inane questions and spouting the same misinformation over and over.

Can we agree that a person yelling at a stranger about not wearing a mask AND a person yelling at a stranger about wearing a mask would be awful. But the small percentage of weirdos who would yell at a stranger in public is far from the majority of people who are posting here. Most people are just choosing to mask or not and minding their own business out in public.

DP. Given that so far masks rules have been widely imposed, especially in schools, I think it's kind of understandable that the "anti-maskers" would be more angry. You can mask until the end of your days and nobody will stop you, but so far people have been compelled to wear masks in many places.

NP -- it's understandable that they'd be more frustrated, but not that they'd be pitching hissy fits left and right. Swear to god, I'm pretty neutral on masks, I'll wear them when recommended but don't expect to wear them until covid-zero, but the rabid anti-maskers on this board/in school board meetings do NOT paint their cause in a good light.

I know conventional wisdom is that the dems are fAcInG a BaCkLaSh for the mask mandates, but I just don't see it. To me, the Dems look like the only adults in the room. YMMV.

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Because you needed to be told what to do.

DP. Not everybody is a maverick like you. Some people follow the rules of local governments or private businesses.

Yes, they follow them right over the cliff, no matter how stupid they are.

I mean, people also stop at a stop sign even if no car or pedestrian is in sight, even though that can feel kind of stupid, too. I also wear shoes and shirts at a restaurant if it's required, even if I'm coming from the beach. I am guessing you are the type who runs stop signs and goes barefoot?

No, because those are not "stupid" rules. Going barefoot in a public restaurant risks injury to the foot and is a potential liability to the business owner if I step on a piece of broken glass. Stopping at a stop sign with no other car in sight reinforces the point that one must ALWAYS stop at a stop sign, a fact that I point out to my teen driver all the time. It helps it become a habit versus a judgment call.

Vaccinated and boosted people wearing masks indoors as a general guideline (hey, what if there is no one else in the store or library? what if my child is in a classroom by himself for some reason?) is a pointless act and is uncomfortable as well.

Anonymous wrote:I'm going to wear a mask when indoors around strangers until we understand the prevalence, risk factors for, and severity of long covid and until my youngest child is fully vaccinated, whichever comes second. IDGAF if you want to see my face.

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Because you needed to be told what to do.

DP. Not everybody is a maverick like you. Some people follow the rules of local governments or private businesses.

Yes, they follow them right over the cliff, no matter how stupid they are.

I mean, people also stop at a stop sign even if no car or pedestrian is in sight, even though that can feel kind of stupid, too. I also wear shoes and shirts at a restaurant if it's required, even if I'm coming from the beach. I am guessing you are the type who runs stop signs and goes barefoot?

No, because those are not "stupid" rules. Going barefoot in a public restaurant risks injury to the foot and is a potential liability to the business owner if I step on a piece of broken glass. Stopping at a stop sign with no other car in sight reinforces the point that one must ALWAYS stop at a stop sign, a fact that I point out to my teen driver all the time. It helps it become a habit versus a judgment call.

Vaccinated and boosted people wearing masks indoors as a general guideline (hey, what if there is no one else in the store or library? what if my child is in a classroom by himself for some reason?) is a pointless act and is uncomfortable as well.

Not pointless during an omicron wave. You are just flat out wrong in your reasoning.

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Anonymous wrote:Most of the DC/MD herd is eager to wear masks for the rest of their lives. I was in Whole Foods two days after the mask mandate ended and 95% of people were still wearing them. Truly a pathetic lot.

Go to a less expensive grocery store. Very few masks in sight in Safeway or Giant.

Pathetic? Why do you care so much first PP?

I frequent the Giant at Groveton, Alexandria. Tons of masks still. Well over 50%.

I agree it's pathetic. These are adults who are so out of touch with reality and bought into "the narrative" that they're incapable of thinking for themselves. That's a bad thing. They should be shamed. And the people who caused them to become so frightened should be punished, especially those who forced this on our children.

People obsessed with other people wearing masks are pathetic. You need to seek therapy to manage your irrational anger at other people who are not harming you.

I feel this way about people who feel nervous about people not wearing masks in stores. We're not sick, we're not harming you, do what you want for yourself but your anger is irrational.

I am the person you are responding to and I see far more rage on here from anti-maskers. You are the ones starting all these endless threads and the same inane questions and spouting the same misinformation over and over.

Can we agree that a person yelling at a stranger about not wearing a mask AND a person yelling at a stranger about wearing a mask would be awful. But the small percentage of weirdos who would yell at a stranger in public is far from the majority of people who are posting here. Most people are just choosing to mask or not and minding their own business out in public.

DP. Given that so far masks rules have been widely imposed, especially in schools, I think it's kind of understandable that the "anti-maskers" would be more angry. You can mask until the end of your days and nobody will stop you, but so far people have been compelled to wear masks in many places.

And there is good reason for that.