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Anonymous wrote:Anything - skipping indoor events or dining? Masks? Or just business as usual? Just curious.

I've gone from three masks to four masks.

I see your four masks and I raise you four masks PLUS goggles. You can get it through your eyes, you know.

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Anonymous wrote:Nope. If I haven't gotten covid in 3.5 years of this thing, then I'm just not worried. I've been living my life totally normally for 2.5 years.

Lucky you. Others not so much.

The smug "I haven't gotten it and no one in my family has gotten it so no worries" people aren't worth your time, PP. They believe that their own individual experiences are the yardstick for everyone, everywhere. One thing the pandemic has shown us is how ignorant and self-centered many people really are. Only their own experiences matter--no one else's.

The snarky posters here who are too cool for masks and mocking all concern about covid right now had better be people without kids in local schools. Go over to the forum for FCPS, for instance. Look at the thread about teachers and other staff being out an unusally high amount right now, and since school started, due to covid. Teachers are posting about it there and in other online teacher forums I follow. Covid, not colds or flu or stress. It's rampant in my spouse's workplace right now too.

It's spreading fast and while you can claim it's "no worse than a cold," the outcomes for anyone who has other health issues, even fairly minor ones, can still be devastating. We still don't know enough about long covid or other outcomes to be so stupidly cavalier.

Sadly, the "get over it/it's a cold" crowd feels less than zero responsibility for public health, or for the health of strangers they'll never meet, but to whom they can still infect through community transmission. They figure those vulnerable, even marginally vulnerable, folks should just stay home forever -- the one thing they, themselves, scream they should never have to do. Hypocritical AND science-averse at the same time.

Yes, I go out. About to leave for the grocery store and Target. Will mask and carry on. We go to church, to theaters, on trips, etc. We just mask and don't go when the hordes are there. We're not hiding in the basement like the anti-maskers and science deniers love to claim we are. We're not cowering indoors. But we also are not stupid enough to think we're magically going to be perfectly fine if we get infected.

Oh, yeah -- the whole "once you have it, you have antibodies" thing? True, for a while. But repeated infections also apparently increase the chances of long covid, which the deniers want to pretend Isn't A Thing. We'll stick with living life and getting out, but doing it on our own terms with masks indoors and avoiding crowds. Keep thinking we're all paranoid and trembling inside our houses. It's a lie you tell yourselves so you feel superior and strong.

yes still masking and going in places less.

Nope.

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Anonymous wrote:Anything - skipping indoor events or dining? Masks? Or just business as usual? Just curious.

I've gone from three masks to four masks.

Why just four?

That's basic science. An N95 is only 95% efficient. To get five 9s of reliability, you need at least four masks. However, those of us with Six Sigma black belts wear five masks.

You make a good point. I have been terribly reckless. I am increasing to 5 masks. Thank you!

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't and I'm pretty sure now that I have COVID - need to buy some tests to confirm, but I've never been so sick. It's not political - if you don't want COVID, you have to take steps to avoid it when it's prevalent. I didn't, and now I think I have it for the first time. Honestly wish I'd just reinstituted the precautions. I don't judge people who don't care if they get it - why do people who don't care if they get it have to judge those who'd like to avoid it? Get over yourselves. It's not about you. Everyone has to make a call for themselves, and all of us should respect each other's decisions.

+1

Agreed. People need to STAY HOME. Just door dash and instacart delivery. Cmon people we can do this!

Everyone needs to STAY HOME. ShUt It AlL DoWn. Grocery stores. Hospitals. Manufacturing plants. Dog hospitals. Police Stations. Gentlemen’s Glubs. Sewers. Art museums. Roller derby arenas. Stop it all to stop the spread.

For the children.

Yes, let’s be sure to pick winners and losers. Let’s close churches and keep tattoo parlors open. Because science.

Yes because tattoo parlors regularly serve hundreds of people of all ages who all stand and sing in close proximity for hours multiple times a week.

This is why we are screwed. People are truly stupid.

Oh you mean like mostly peaceful protests before a vaccine was available?
Shut down the playgrounds but gather enmasse and scream your lungs out!
Because science.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anything - skipping indoor events or dining? Masks? Or just business as usual? Just curious.

I've gone from three masks to four masks.

Why just four?

That's basic science. An N95 is only 95% efficient. To get five 9s of reliability, you need at least four masks. However, those of us with Six Sigma black belts wear five masks.

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Anonymous wrote:Nope. If I haven't gotten covid in 3.5 years of this thing, then I'm just not worried. I've been living my life totally normally for 2.5 years.

Lucky you. Others not so much.

No one is my family has had it either.

Anonymous wrote:Nope. If I haven't gotten covid in 3.5 years of this thing, then I'm just not worried. I've been living my life totally normally for 2.5 years.

Lucky you. Others not so much.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anything - skipping indoor events or dining? Masks? Or just business as usual? Just curious.

I've gone from three masks to four masks.

You can’t be too careful PP. Please be sure that you’re wearing them in the car or walking down the street by yourself.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anything - skipping indoor events or dining? Masks? Or just business as usual? Just curious.

I've gone from three masks to four masks.

Why just four?

Anonymous wrote:Anything - skipping indoor events or dining? Masks? Or just business as usual? Just curious.

I've gone from three masks to four masks.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't and I'm pretty sure now that I have COVID - need to buy some tests to confirm, but I've never been so sick. It's not political - if you don't want COVID, you have to take steps to avoid it when it's prevalent. I didn't, and now I think I have it for the first time. Honestly wish I'd just reinstituted the precautions. I don't judge people who don't care if they get it - why do people who don't care if they get it have to judge those who'd like to avoid it? Get over yourselves. It's not about you. Everyone has to make a call for themselves, and all of us should respect each other's decisions.

+1

Agreed. People need to STAY HOME. Just door dash and instacart delivery. Cmon people we can do this!

Everyone needs to STAY HOME. ShUt It AlL DoWn. Grocery stores. Hospitals. Manufacturing plants. Dog hospitals. Police Stations. Gentlemen’s Glubs. Sewers. Art museums. Roller derby arenas. Stop it all to stop the spread.

For the children.

No! It’s to save grandma! It’s just two weeks!

Wow. That’s just wrong. People should stay home to protect themselves AND others, including their families. That’s why schools should offer virtual options, people should stop socializing at large gatherings, and as a result not get Covid and spread. It’s not hard.

Are you saying you want to ban “large gatherings” indefinitely, or that think individuals should choose to permanently avoid schools, churches, and other areas where people congregate?

DP this thread has multiple dumb posts from trolls pretending to be hyper scared liberals begging for shutdown. You can ignore them.

...I don't think they're pretending.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I didn't and I'm pretty sure now that I have COVID - need to buy some tests to confirm, but I've never been so sick. It's not political - if you don't want COVID, you have to take steps to avoid it when it's prevalent. I didn't, and now I think I have it for the first time. Honestly wish I'd just reinstituted the precautions. I don't judge people who don't care if they get it - why do people who don't care if they get it have to judge those who'd like to avoid it? Get over yourselves. It's not about you. Everyone has to make a call for themselves, and all of us should respect each other's decisions.

+1

Agreed. People need to STAY HOME. Just door dash and instacart delivery. Cmon people we can do this!

Everyone needs to STAY HOME. ShUt It AlL DoWn. Grocery stores. Hospitals. Manufacturing plants. Dog hospitals. Police Stations. Gentlemen’s Glubs. Sewers. Art museums. Roller derby arenas. Stop it all to stop the spread.

For the children.

No! It’s to save grandma! It’s just two weeks!

Wow. That’s just wrong. People should stay home to protect themselves AND others, including their families. That’s why schools should offer virtual options, people should stop socializing at large gatherings, and as a result not get Covid and spread. It’s not hard.

Are you saying you want to ban “large gatherings” indefinitely, or that think individuals should choose to permanently avoid schools, churches, and other areas where people congregate?

DP this thread has multiple dumb posts from trolls pretending to be hyper scared liberals begging for shutdown. You can ignore them.

This.