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cooper_ganglia | 6 months ago

>an N95 is a good idea in a pharmacy on a college campus, where the Covid factories that are college students will go

Did I just step into a time portal to 2022? Have you... been in a coma for the past several years? haha

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stripe_away|6 months ago

My wife is diabetic, which means she is at higher risk from covid. My parents are old.

I have a duty to my family to protect them, and if that means wearing a mask to reduce my risk of getting covid, then their safety overrules my own comfort.

I have a duty to protect my fellow citizens. Some of them are also vulnerable to covid, though I don't know them personally.

The scientific proof of association between school (esp school start) and the spread of disease goes back over 100 years. I see no reason it would be different for covid, perhaps even stronger for covid where many college age people would be asymptomatic or low symtpoms.

neilv|6 months ago

In a town of big-name universities, where people are constantly coming and going from all around the world, and the reality of students living and socializing heavily, in cramped conditions, often with little sleep... Covid still seems to be "in the air".

Most people no longer wear masks in stores here, but there are some. And some employees do as well. Including the person at/near the customer service desk of the grocery I mentioned, I think the last 2 times I was in there.

chasd00|6 months ago

meh if you don't have kids and really want to experience highly contagious viris then take a stroll through a day care. You'll be feeling symptoms before you get back to your car.

HDThoreaun|6 months ago

Wearing a mask when in a building of sick people remains a good idea

bevhill|6 months ago

Peak COVID never ended. It's more important now than ever to stay vaccinated, maintain social distance, and mask up.

wizzwizz4|6 months ago

COVID is down from its peak, as I understand. It's just very much not gone, and by no means less nasty. We had the opportunity to wipe it out with a short, synchronised global lockdown, and we squandered it, and now it's like plague.