Yeah I'm with you, COVID just deadass isn't over, sorry guys

Yeah I've had people walk behind me in the grocery store and cough into my head, makes me want to

:jokerfied: I visited in-laws for the holidays and we both got covid for the first time. They are all going out to eat, gyms, etc without masks so this is the price for spending time with family. Mixed feelings to say the least. The options really are be alone and never have a meal with friends and family, or get sick. This sucks.

It's not hard to vaxx (if you aren't immuno-compromised), wear an n95 when you're in public (even outside around people), and to support the idea of public health whether online or off. There's no need to say "I need to get back to Arby's" here, since the entire corporate media has been screaming this in people's ears for years. My spouse's coworker's newborn baby just got RSV and is intubated in the hospital because the entire family consists of nothing but white liberals and fascists who think the tripledemic either isn't a big deal or is some kind of Jewish-Chinese conspiracy. The parents, of course, do not have health insurance and are now begging facebook for donations. Fuck this family, obviously, but the baby doesn't deserve this, and there are countless other stories just like this happening out there right now.

edit: mods please ban everyone who is saying "I need to get back to my life" or upvoting these posts. These boomers-in-training can take that shit to the comments sections of news articles on Facebook.

yea, there was a covid minimizer concern trolling about the horror of "normalizing obesity" too.

I have been going to the gym with a N95 mask and that horror show has been motivation to not go out. People seriously go to the gym without a mask to cough up a storm. I have seen about 3-4 in the past two weeks.

I avoided covid until like two weeks ago and im really pissed I still got sick after 4 vaccines, masking, avoiding crowds, not going out much, etc. I took paxlovid and then a week after got a rebound again and now im positive and sick again, this shit sucks. I missed way too much work cause of this shit and I have no idea how I even caught it but probably cause morons dont care to wear masks anymore on public transit and crowded places. idk wtf is wrong with people

:100-com: percent. My spouse and I are still one of the last few holdouts wearing their masks in public places. Everywhere online is telling us to go back to normal. I loved coming here because for the vast majority of time this place has been a refuge for people taking covid seriously. Glad the mods are taking it seriously though and deleting those comments.

Its really not hard to wear a mask when you go out and do things, jesus.

At this rate it's starting to seem like this is going to turn into another vegan situation, where there are still carnists on the site but discussion between the two groups is de facto banned because it devolves into arguing every time

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.