We social distance, usually wear masks in public, and stay up to date on our vaccinations. But all it took was one lady with a mean cough on a two hour flight a week ago to ruin that…or so we think.

The timing really sucks. I had plans for my weekend.

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    After so many years you are still wearing covid masks and doing tests? For me the last time I wore a mask was almost two years ago, and only because I visited another country where it was still mandatory.

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      depends on the thing, it’s actually insane to not wear a mask at the airport or on a subway

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      It may surprise you to learn that sometimes other people make different choices from you.

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        No that is absolutely expected, but the pandemic has been over for a long time.

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          not according to the World Health Organization. or most epidemiologists. you are spreading dangerous misinformation

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            Those stats are from some foreign country, completely irrelevant for me.

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              Okay. And on the flip side, the pandemic being over in some foreign country is completely irrelevant to the post—and me.

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            Maybe it’s different where you live, but in my country the covid pandemic has been over since at least two years.

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              yeah, I guess if you put your fingers in your ears and say “lalalalala I can’t hear you” when people post evidence of the pandemic NOT being over (like the positive COVID results you’re posting under, CDC/WHO data showing increasing infection rates, etc), then it really IS over. very rational and materialist perspective to maintain :)

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          Well whatever you call it, the virus is still everywhere and making lots of people sick. It’s not at all odd to wear a mask when you don’t want to catch a bug, or if you think you may be at risk of passing a bug on to others. Some close family members had COVID last week so we all wore masks for a bit, and I wore a mask in crowded situations so as not to pass it on. Seems like quite a normal thing to do, and so far the rest of us didn’t seem to catch it.