You should still be wearing a mask. There are still immunocompromised people in the places you go who don't need you spreading covid, which is still going around. I don't know why "someone will make fun of me" is a bigger concern than "I might kill someone spreading this disease, myself included." - ThreadSky

rally.luckyraven.cc • 21 days ago

You should still be wearing a mask. There are still immunocompromised people in the places you go who don't need you spreading covid, which is still going around. I don't know why "someone will make fun of me" is a bigger concern than "I might kill someone spreading this disease, myself included."

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jjsps.bsky.social•21 days ago

Masking since 2020, plus vaccines: have not had Covid or any other illnesses in 5 years. No need to feel shy or intimidated.

halloween1997.bsky.social•21 days ago

have you even considered my minor inconveniences?

christbot.bsky.social•21 days ago

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/covid-19-may-put-patients-risk-other-infections-least-1-year

redwavemonkey.bsky.social•20 days ago

If the person is immunocompromised, they can wear a mask in public spaces.

rally.luckyraven.cc•20 days ago

Masks are most effective at filtering exhaled moisture, which is why they're most effective when more people are wearing them. One person wearing a mask in a room full of wheezers huffing out infected lung butter is less protected than if everyone in that room had a filter over their exhaust tubes.

redwavemonkey.bsky.social•20 days ago

If you’re sick, go ahead and wear a mask when inside a public building or better yet don’t go out in public buildings if it’s not absolutely necessary to do so.

I’m not going to go out and wear a mask just to make someone else feel better.

rally.luckyraven.cc•20 days ago

Pathetic.

fenraven.bsky.social•20 days ago

I wear a mask in public. No one has ever made fun of me. That's not even a valid excuse. Just wear the mask!

databass.bsky.social•21 days ago

Like, 24/7 in public? Surely not, right? I assume I'm misunderstanding you

esmependergast.bsky.social•21 days ago

Covid did not go away. It still damages every system in your body including your brain. It will disable you sooner or later. The likelihood goes up with each infection. No one wants to hear this so folks stopped saying it. Now it's just a mystery why car wrecks/insurance are way up. Whee!

databass.bsky.social•21 days ago

I don't have enough context to implicitly trust you, but I also don't reject your premise out of hand.

The thing I think may be more productive to discuss is what the purpose of the vaccines are?

If you get the yearly COVID booster do you think you should still act as though you're contagious?

maimysantiago99.bsky.social•21 days ago

Vaccines reduce your risk of infection but don't 100% prevent it. They make the symptoms milder if you do get it. They alone are not enough to stop the spread. Belt and suspenders is the way to go.

esmependergast.bsky.social•21 days ago

Current vax reduce hosp overload and death from ppl becoming infected, which is a huge win vs the alternative. I don't expect to convince you. But if you are curious, here is a good launch point to the science. https://theconversation.com/mounting-research-shows-that-covid-19-leaves-its-mark-on-the-brain-including-significant-drops-in-iq-scores-224216

marithlizard.bsky.social•21 days ago

All boosters + continued masking here, and I have had covid only once - when I sat next to an infected person for several hours with neither of us masking. Both of us wound up with very mild symptoms thanks to the vaccines. But we were still infectable and infectious.

marithlizard.bsky.social•21 days ago

Masking is kind of a pain. But every time I consider stopping I think about long covid, and about immunocompromised folks, and flu, and sigh and put the damn thing back on. My coworkers come to work sick and miserable (and cough all over everything). I almost never get sick nowadays.

esmependergast.bsky.social•21 days ago

I had some brutal chemo early in the pandemic. I was sick for a year and a half all told. Science aside, I mask bc I'm over being seriously ill for awhile. Plus I don't want to infect vulnerable ppl. Plus I am not into brain damage. People always talking about "mystery" crud that they can't kick...

rally.luckyraven.cc•21 days ago

Do you think viruses take breaks or care? Do you think they take weekends off? You're a choral singer, you're not concerned about your lungs or your stamina? Do you believe this is a sometimes thing? If you put in enough Effort then covid picks someone else? Do you think other people can opt out?

databass.bsky.social•21 days ago

I understand the sentiment, but are you saying we should always assume we are constantly a vector for disease? I want to make sure I understand that premise.

maimysantiago99.bsky.social•21 days ago

1. We ARE constantly vectors of disease, many of which are transmissible via our breath.
2. Diseases which may not even inconvenience some will still kill others.
3. Covid never went away, the flu never went away, and we're bringing a bunch out of retirement. Protect yourself and others. Mask up.

slrashka.bsky.social•20 days ago

YES. And assume others are too. What's difficult about this??

bethwalloch.bsky.social•21 days ago

You're contagious for multiple days before you feel sick, it's not possible to only wear one when you're contagious because you can't know for sure when that is. Barring access to time machines of course.

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