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In reply to the discussion: "COVID-Cautious Americans Feel Abandoned" [View all]Sympthsical
(9,886 posts)40. Not everyone is a shut-in
Reading between the lines, the article drips with potential mental or social disorders that go very weirdly unmentioned. Almost as if the writer themselves couldn't catch what was wrong with what some of these people were saying about how they cope with their lives.
a growing rift between Americas scientists and the COVID-cautious community
I bet.
The article cites 1,000 Covid deaths in a week. Meanwhile, 22,000 people have died of flu this season. Covid is endemic. That's just how it's going to be now. Get your vaccines, monitor your health. Same as flu season. The people who are at risk during flu are at risk during Covid. Proceed accordingly.
But society is not going to mold itself around the situation like it did during the pandemic. Those days are gone. Everyone has to adjust to a world that operates, more or less, like it did before the pandemic. This is a good thing. People who keep framing it as bad - as this article's tone and slant clearly do - yeah. That's a you problem.
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Maybe it was all those anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers spitting on and attacking public servants in state houses
Aristus
Mar 2024
#3
I've had good luck with weekday (late) morning movies with basically no crowds.
BannonsLiver
Mar 2024
#79
Also don't have to go to the premiere. Wait a couple weeks and go at a quiet time.
meadowlander
Mar 2024
#90
All of us should be feel abandoned, whether we're protecting ourselves or not, because that's what happened.
WhiskeyGrinder
Mar 2024
#7
My vaccinated friends had it. 70 and 60 something . She works in a college with young people.
Maggiemayhem
Mar 2024
#77
you sound like you're mocking those who are "worried" / concerned / extra cautious about covid
orleans
Mar 2024
#85
I'm mocking the poll's "somewhat worried", which is amorphous and ill-definied.
maxsolomon
Mar 2024
#86
I rarely see masks here in TX anymore, and folks will look away if you mention "pandemic"
TBF
Mar 2024
#22
For it to be as high as 26%, I'd have to conclude not just masking, but avoiding being in public at all...
Silent3
Mar 2024
#27
For the most part, the only folks I see wearing masks in public places are the ones my age *
Oopsie Daisy
Mar 2024
#32
mandatory in hospital/lab or dr's office? what state are you in? it sounds great! nt
orleans
Mar 2024
#60
that's great. i wish the places around here (chgo burbs) would do that. they do not. nt
orleans
Mar 2024
#87
The story says the week ending March 2, which is accurate according to your own source
Prairie Gates
Mar 2024
#42
Still mask indoors outside of my own apt. Unmask outdoors, but avoid big crowds, or mask when passing modest groups...
electric_blue68
Mar 2024
#51
I take precautions, but I would be surprised if I didn't get it at some point over the past few years.
Gore1FL
Mar 2024
#65
I don't mask up anymore, but I am compulsive about washing my hands. I wash my hands
catbyte
Mar 2024
#68
Since my daughter's disability is the result of a brain injury (cerebral palsy), we are still doing
deurbano
Mar 2024
#81