Wearing a mask these days sure gets me a lot of people asking “are you sick?”
I wish there were a succinct (and non-argumentative) way of saying, “no, I’m just unusually dedicated to, you know… the opposite of that”
I wish there were a succinct (and non-argumentative) way of saying, “no, I’m just unusually dedicated to, you know… the opposite of that”
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I don’t make excuses and I don't apologize, and in Vermont, ppl are pretty used to eccentrics, I guess.
No one else is masking, ofc, but only my family gives me shit about it.
I ignored his implications, assumed it was a new Repug tactic, & said I hadn’t been sick in 3 years & always wearing masks!
she did not sit next to me.
Uhm, you mean the O2 that goes directly into my nose *under* my mask?
Sometimes people really are a mystery.
Also I just enjoy wearing a mask to help avoid eating bugs during walks and developing allergies and protecting my face from the cold winds.
This has been known for over a year now, and I’m getting suspicious of your intentions here.
I'm sorry to hear you doubt my intentions - I can be Googled and you'll see this stuff is my life.
you come out with formulae and numbers pulled out of literally nowhere to justify not taking practical measures to protect yourself from the covid-19 pandemic. why.
masking consistently has a bigger impact than 10%.
The only study I've seen on actual community masking practice found that people who reported routinely wearing an (K)N95 mask had an 80% relative risk reduction over the study period (several months), which would probably put p in the high 90s.
In most movie theatres, in morning sessions you a breathing in the least air from other's lungs as stale air builds up through the day.
I'd say the out and about infectious rate where you are is about 0.6% of people
4 people in a 400 seat theatre, I felt pretty safe :)
Will take my CO2 monitor next time
I know an anecdote isn't data, but my experience has been good.
One of my children has just traveled cross country to view the eclipse. We've traveled on the train as a family several times during the pandemic, always masking.
Yes, it IS remarkably straightforward ... which is why the current worldwide 'let it rip' attitude of governments is so baffling & infuriating.
Proper masks, worn correctly, are extremely effective.
Do not recommend.
Again, anecdotal. Proves nothing. But it's my experience.
I don't think that's a coincidence.
Neither of us have had it!
Both times were very, very bad.
i’ve had it once. i have long covid. i’m don’t want repeat infections.
point was, mitigations are good actually. reduction of risk stacks, even when a single precaution may seem meaningless.
defense in depth is effective.
if we agree that moralizing is bad, then surely we should be encouraging people to take the precautions they are able, instead of castigating them for taking precautions we personally don’t “believe” in.
Expiring minds want to know
But, anecdotally?
Most people I know--who after infection insisted they were "rigorously" masking--masked laughably. Self-reporting on this topic is highly unreliable.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41398-022-01814-3
I've decided its not worth stressing about calculating risk and reacting to changing data. I just wear a mask around other people, especially indoors and have a HEPA filter air going in my office and house at all times.
It blows my mind that we're now in a place where it's expected that a person with COVID might just throw on a mask (likely loose) and go about their day
Cuz I wear a mask too!!!
bitch youre about to see some elder abuse if you dont back up
I guess I should be grateful I made it to the 3rd year of this thing before someone was an ass about me wearing a mask.
In the end, I know that man is insecure and mean and he has to live with that.
I wasn't challenged, though.
"yes, mentally, so you better keep your distance"
"no, it's a sex thing"
"I'm incognito"
I see a mask and I think someone has chosen increased safety over slight inconvenience. I don't dwell on whether it is to protect themselves, or others.
Fact is, we should normalize wearing a mask whenever we feel under the weather, not just after covid exposures.
Source: I'm high risk in Chicago and like not dying
P.S. "every precaution" still means n95 in public.
"No, and I'm trying to keep it that way" was my default response.
1) No, I am not sick. This is how I keep it that way.
2) I didn’t ask you about your medical history, why are you asking about mine?
Could be that I'm 6'2" and 270lbs of muscle - but who's to say?
Sickness, my dude. Thought that was obvious.
"This mask keeps pollen out of my nose and I like it better than allergy medication"
"It's flu season and I can't afford to miss work"
"I'm not sick, I'm protecting you!"
MIND YOUR
OWN DAMN
BUSINESS
Because clearly if all the CO2’s staying in, nothing else is piercing your barrier.
Which is to say I lie.
Starting The Widow’s House tomorrow
One co worker responded to that with. "You want to have sex, I get it." and dropped the issue.
Lyme damage plus PM2.5 & VOCs were the first masks. Now C19, too.
"Yes, of having to protect myself and others without reciprocity"
I don't have anything more polite, that would require a Brit ...
Is there a UK equivalent?
But, "No, I'm at a high risk for complications if I get sick, so I'm not taking chances," or "I have a lot of high-risk people in my life, so I'm careful" are also fine.
Outside of the cases where they are sick, and know they are sick, they might just not be aware they are...
"I don't trust this country to not put profits over my health"
I,on the other hand, have never received a comment.
Wonder why... (/s)
I still wore a mask
We've started wearing them so little in casual settings we just start to take notice now.
Outside of work, most people just sorta understand preference around here, I havent encountered something like this, at least not often.
I kinda just mentally practice ways to say "Nah, i just prefer it."
(I'm allowed to be this grim in the same month as Halloween, right?)
When the person nervously asked what they have, they’d answer “A sense of civic responsibility.”
Even beyond the virus, it's so common to get a head cold or some shit after flying.
Breathing everyone's recycled farts.
But of the people I know who have been harassed about wearing a mask, 0% of them have been men.
People being nosey get ignored or a "fuck off" if they keep at it.
If anyone asks, you haven’t seen me.
I simply replied that No, I was well, I just didn't want to be sick as so many were with Covid!
I am wondering if she wears a Mask next week!!
No, dude, just immunocompromised and trying to be safe!
Tho' I may sometime use "It's a condition of my bail."
I was the only one wearing a mask that included the med staff 🫣
Previously hv booked thru NHS website
Should pretty much stop whatever momentum they have, at least.
I always tell the truth; No one believes it anyway.😉
I've been yelled at for masking but only off-campus. But then, I also get yelled off-campus at for my cane.
Policy 34 pretty clearly rules out thrashing people.
Nice lady, concerned face "oh, what happened to you ?"
Me : "nothing. That's the point. Nothing happened to me"
It took her a few seconds to understand what I meant
End of convo, change of subject
“Oh, are you masking again?”
Um, how could you tell??? 🧐 But what they’re really asking is, Should I be masking again? And that’s the question I reply to, with stats. Gods it’s exhausting.
Even in Georgia people leave me alone.
Saying I’m contagious is also helpful.
That might not be a universalizable reply. :)
What have you been mulling over as a response? (Thoughts in the next post) [1/2]
But my plan had been something like "masking is an easy way to help lower the risk for me and other people of getting a potentially devastating illness".
Not sure how well that does on your succinctness or non-argumentative scales.
I've been seeing a lot more masking recently, especially in indoor spaces, and thankfully I haven't been made to feel weird about my masking habits yet.
I've talked to people who didn't wear a mask when they were sick because they didn't want people to think they were sick.
We all learned what masks are for and how to use them. I just don't get why so many stopped using them even when they're sick
Being honest though like... hardly anybody says anything to me but that's probably because I look potentially physically imposing as a white dude over 6'