like there are legit covid sceptics on this site saying shit like “lol just touch grass” and “you need to go out” while we are currently heading to another peak (https://biobot.io/data/). and most claim to not be “covid sceptics” with weak defenses of their treats like “i cant just put my whole life on hold” and “im not just gonna live in fear” :yea:

while these ppls presence on this site is enough justification for this post, i wanna add that i woke up this morning w a sore throat and had a slight cough yesterday thats getting worse. gonna take a triple test today (covid, RSV, flu), but im p sure its covid bc my gf’s mom tested positive 2 days ago and she still doesnt wear a mask around the house. i cant skip work bc i have bills to pay (living alone, gf lives w parents), but im lucky and dont see many ppl at my job so i can distance and mask while working. ive never gone “back to normal”: go out only when necessary, drive thru theatre is big for us bc of safety, always wear mask even tho NOBODY else here does and me and my gf get strange looks and sometimes these fucking crackers around here COUGH IN OUR DIRECTION. i sacrificed my social life for 3 years and bc everyone else is too selfish to do the same, i have to face a 1 in 6 chance of disability and a chance of hospitalization/death. i hate this country so damn much

so despite everything i got the :covid-cool: . from now on were taking covid seriously. n95 + cloth mask EVERYWHERE. even at her house bc we obv cant trust her parents. im not letting us take off our masks unless we’re alone, no exceptions. UGGGHHHH it sucks, ive avoided this disease for 3 years and now im so afraid that ill lose some neurological function, get GI problems, liver problems, sensory disability, etc. its so horrifying and stressful. guys pls take this seriously. nobody else is but i expected more empathy from ppl on this site

  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Serious question - what happened?

    I haven’t seen a single anti-mask thread or comment. For the record - I’m entirely pro-mask and pro-sanity because covid is a poorly understood vascular disease that causes neurological dysfunction.

    • ZoomeristLeninist [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.netOPMEnglish
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      2 years ago

      anti-mask shit gets removed by mods quickly. but there is a swarm of ppl who hear “guys pls lets not go ‘back to normal’” and take that to mean “dont leave ur house, u are personally evil if u go to the grocery store”. maybe a better way to rephrase my plea is “pretend its March 2020 again, and dont go to events that are likely to have high transmission rates”