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Zero times here (: I make all of my own meals and always wear a mask out. I interact with old people so there's no room for me to act like a child about health anymore. I can't really fault the people who are vaxxed and choose not to mask up anymore. So many people are refusing vaccinations that we will never see the end of this disease.
>So many people are refusing vaccinations that we will never see the end of this disease. I'm one of those people. I didn't want the vaccine after having long covid, because I believed natural immunity was much better than training my immune system on an earlier version of the virus. I was right.[1] Not only that - but unvaccinated were shown to have the same viral load even if they did get infected.[2] So why are yo…
Now I've got an immune response based on the complete virus, rather than a no-longer-existing subunit of a single protein. I expect I'll fare better than the immune chaos of infinite boosters.
People at risk should take precautions of isolating, otherwise it's time to move on with life.
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I find people taking this strategy interesting, especially as we approach the 3 year mark. Do you plan on doing this forever? Is there something you expect to change that would lower your/the risk thus allowing you to live a more normal social life? ("Normal" for lack of better word) For context, I've been back in the office for more than a year at this point (haven't worn a mask in a year either). I'm pretty sure pe…
> like flu/colds were prior to Covid; where it's an honor rule with no benefit of being honest and staying home when sick no benefit, except for your own health? If you have the flu, Covid or any other serious infection, you should definitely stay at home and get some rest - not for others, but for yourself.
We're a society that doesn't value collective health very much.
It was quite ironic. Then went on a 3 month trip across Europe meeting hundreds of people and spending lots of time dancing with them. No masks or anything either. Didn’t get Covid then either.
Subways in nyc, man.
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> Considering the overwhelming evidence that it's not statistically an issue for the vast majority of otherwise healthy people Don't be an overdebunker. We have no long term knowledge because covid hasn't existed over the long term. Its love of eating brains and what seems like an ability to stick around in the nervous system indefinitely for some people like herpes or chicken pox are worrying. Especially for people…
> We have no long term knowledge because covid hasn't existed over the long term. The flip side of that coin is we have no knowledge that it has catastrophic long term damage. And even it if does we have a critical mass of people infected to justify research to solve it. > Its love of eating brains and what seems like an ability to stick around in the nervous system indefinitely for some people like herpes or chicken…
If it does turn out to have long term consequences, you could be losing years of your life, and making the years towards the end have a much lower standard of living.
I'd much prefer to isolate more than normal now when I'm healthy and have that turn out to have been unnecessary than to not, and end up forced to isolate due to poor health limiting my ability to live my life. For the record, I'm not a recluse or anything, but I'm not going to concerts or things like that, and am still wearing a mask.
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I would like to see a lot more masking in general. In asian societies it has long been normal to see people masked up in public, not sure why we can't have that in the west other than a culture of extreme individualism. Why can't people who come to work sick just wear a mask? I kind of enjoy wearing the mask though so a bit biased. Just feels pretty rude to knowingly expose other people when you are/might be sick.
An N95 mask or better protects maybe. The other common masks are useless against Omicron. Maybe a respirator type mask? COVID is here with us just like the common cold/flu. It's never going away.
My family and I have been supremely careful Mar 2020. I read a lot of the research and preprints and am concerned about long term system impacts of repeat infections. Despite huge numbers of precautions, we all finally caught it about ten days ago. Still positive, still coughing, still tired. We can lower risk, but it seems that no level of caution is truly enough, given that others don't care. I'm really not sure wh…
> My wife and I keep wondering / looking if there's anywhere in the world where people by and large take this infection seriously China? Seriously though, you might better to look for places where you can interact with others mainly outdoors. e.g. we often socialise at the beach, outdoor seating at restaurants/cafes.
38+ people infected by a runner in a park in China, of ~256 he passed that were identified.
https://twitter.com/rdmorris/status/1596978503429525504?s=20...
I’m not sure how divergent evolution of strains is, but there’s enough travel that we probably can’t rule out the threat from a strain that exists anywhere near an active airport.
My family and I have been supremely careful Mar 2020. I read a lot of the research and preprints and am concerned about long term system impacts of repeat infections. Despite huge numbers of precautions, we all finally caught it about ten days ago. Still positive, still coughing, still tired. We can lower risk, but it seems that no level of caution is truly enough, given that others don't care. I'm really not sure wh…
> I'm really not sure what to do – we don't want to keep getting it, but we really want some sense of social life back. Why bother doing anything different? Are you at specific risk or is this just general fear of some catastrophic outcome? Were you equally fearful of the common flu prior to covid? > My wife and I keep wondering / looking if there's anywhere in the world where people by and large take this infection…