I keep wearing N95s. Haven't gotten COVID yet and not feeling like playing the Long COVID roulette. I don't work 9-5 in an office so I don't even have to wear a mask for very long periods of time. Buses, stores require it, but there's plenty to do outside anyway. Patios are fine. Need to take a leak? Put the mask on. No one from my circle has caught it yet. Honestly this protocol isn't that bad.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's like once "their guy" gave them the ok, everyone started licking doorknobs again. Why couldn't we keep this "social distancing" thing going? I liked my personal space.

[–] EremesZorn@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I find myself still standing a moderate distance away from people while in line at stores etc.

[–] cubedsteaks@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago

yeah I always did this even before COVID and I hate being around people who seem to be spatially unaware.

[–] SkepticElliptic@beehaw.org -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In a way he saved us from fascism. In the very first months of the pandemic there were several instances of police overstepping and enforcing isolation rules like it was martial law. I know it wasn't a good response, but we could have been under martial law for years instead.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Who do you think I'm talking about? Trump was all around terrible. He wanted the virus to spread while he and his party thought it was killing black people more then white people.

My original comment was about my Biden friends who all flocked back to theaters then he signaled the "end" to the pandemic.

[–] Piers@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was amazing watching the Republicans/Trump's response change when they realised that they were mostly encouraging their own voters to catch Covid.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

And by then, it was too late to their voters behavior. Hell, Trump didn't really change his public stance either. Him and his voters made anti-masking a point of pride. Whenever the press asked him about vaccines, he never out rite said that they should get vaccines for the health and safety of the county they supposed love. It's so simple. Love the county? Love the economy? Get vaccinated and stay up to date. Trust the American(tm) researchers.

[–] yyyesss@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes friend, I'm with you

[–] Elektrobank@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Name checks out

[–] elbrar@pawb.social 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've been doing this and still somehow managed to catch it about a year ago. One of the few people at that event that was wearing a mask and somehow I'm the one that gets it...

Don't know if I'm ever going to stop wearing a mask.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cause masks prevent others from getting your diseases.

If everyone else wasn't wearing a mask, then you were prone to getting their diseases.

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

It happens. Since the beginning of the pandemic I've caught something exactly once, a couple of months ago. I did a PCR test however while symptomatic and it came out negative. So did my wife when she got it a couple of days later. My point is that something got through the defense protocol and could easily have been SARS-CoV-2. I only know it wasn't because I tested for it.

[–] Piers@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Just remember to try not to touch anything after handling your mask until you've had a chance to wash or sanitise your hands again. It's designed to gather up any Covid you'd breath in or out so ironically is one of the worst things you can touch in terms of risk of spreading infection. (Personally, since I work at home, I tend to just leave my mask on fulltime when I'm out, unless I actively need to take it off for food or water or something, just so I don't have to mess around with the administration of keeping my hands clean while taking it on and off and making sure it's properly seated after I put it back on. Wearing a mask for hours on end isn't my favourite thing but I don't find it too unpleasant, so I can see why people who really hate it would want to deal with faffing around putting it on and off.)

[–] Misconduct@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Everyone in my immediate circles either masks up like I do or hasn't seen me in a few years lol. I didn't quarantine and mask all this time to get COVID now goddammit I refuse. Funny thing is my life hasn't been any worse without those people now that I think about it... Huh.

[–] SkepticElliptic@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

We got it several times due to having a toddler and other people being selfish and not keeping their kids home when they got sick.