Coronavirus prep

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  • 33gail33
    33gail33 Posts: 1,155 Member
    SModa61 wrote: »
    I get the differences in opinion on masks but can we all agree that some are just being silly. I was just driving my car and I am in an area were street are 25 feet wide and both cars and people are not frequent. It is a quiet area. Despite that, when I was out driving I passed a woman walking a dog. No other humans in sight and she was wearing a mask. Those are the people I don’t understand.

    Yeah I noticed my neighbour across the street now wears a mask when he cuts his grass or does yard work in his own yard and works in his garage. I am thinking maybe he has allergies and I just never noticed that he wore a mask before? If he is doing it for COVID then I don’t get it at all.
  • RetiredAndLovingIt
    RetiredAndLovingIt Posts: 1,394 Member
    Our Costco was about half & half today.
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    https://www.studyfinds.org/mild-covid-19-antibody-for-life/

    I am glad the former confusion is getting cleared up.
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    SModa61 wrote: »
    @kimny72 I am assuming your response relates to my latest comment. I keep saying that my comment was in context. I would ask you that if you had no allergies and you were in your private backyard with no one in sight, would YOU where a mask in that situation? I wear mine in all public settings and often it is still on when I get to the car. I don't rip my mask off either and am always respectful of the mask wearing - even the ones who wear it and wear it wrong. I embarrass no one. I am shocked that I am getting such blowback given it was a specific scenario that I was addressing and describing.

    You mustve replied while I was adding the ETA to my response. We posted at the same time so I hadnt seen your post.
  • SModa61
    SModa61 Posts: 3,098 Member
    edited May 2021
    kimny72 wrote: »
    SModa61 wrote: »
    @kimny72 I am assuming your response relates to my latest comment. I keep saying that my comment was in context. I would ask you that if you had no allergies and you were in your private backyard with no one in sight, would YOU where a mask in that situation? I wear mine in all public settings and often it is still on when I get to the car. I don't rip my mask off either and am always respectful of the mask wearing - even the ones who wear it and wear it wrong. I embarrass no one. I am shocked that I am getting such blowback given it was a specific scenario that I was addressing and describing.

    You mustve replied while I was adding the ETA to my response. We posted at the same time so I hadnt seen your post.

    I appreciate that @kimny72. thanks for the ETA and I appologize for directing my next comment back at you.
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    SModa61 wrote: »
    I get the differences in opinion on masks but can we all agree that some are just being silly. I was just driving my car and I am in an area were street are 25 feet wide and both cars and people are not frequent. It is a quiet area. Despite that, when I was out driving I passed a woman walking a dog. No other humans in sight and she was wearing a mask. Those are the people I don’t understand.

    I really do think for some it's just political symbolism. I'm a Dem myself and live in an area where mostly everyone else is, and here most don't wear masks outdoors, but I've definitely seen on Twitter people saying they will keep wearing masks everywhere so as not to be taken as Rs.

    I also am near an area that is largely Asian and we had people masking pre covid, but that's not what I'm talking about.
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    SModa61 wrote: »
    SModa61 wrote: »
    So many of these responses are tangential and do not apply to the scenario described.

    As for those mentioning acceptance, sure I get that. BUT, when you are mentioning acceptance of masks, please honestly answer this question. How accepting would you have been a year and a half ago if someone with social anxiety wanted to wear a mask into a bank? My point is that our sudden acceptance of this new norm of wearing masks is not because we suddenly care about the feelings of those with social anxiety, it is because this past year with COVID has made masks normalized. You NEVER could wear a mask into a bank, yet now it is required.

    As we learn new information and encounter new situations, different acts become normalized. We make room for varying types of behavior that meet individual needs. This seems like a positive thing overall, not a negative.

    While accepting new behaviors is part of life. I personally do not consider masks a positive. I miss facial expressions and seeing people smile. I do not like that people can better hide their identities. I fully accept that some may need them for medical reasons. I am so happy to be fully engaging with people again. Did you hear the story on the news last week about the young boy that encountered his teacher outside of the masked school setting? She had no idea who he was. We can relate and connect with people better when we can see our expressive faces.

    100% agree with this.