Yes. I will not believe that I am immune after (if) I get this and recover. I will keep on wearing a mask. Especially because it seems that nobody really knows how long that "shedding the virus" continues.There is no M.D. after my name (and I don't play a doctor on TV --- yet), but there appears to be no scientific evidence that recovery is actually followed by immunity. "Returning" patients are not at all uncommon and this is increasingly worrisome.
I pray that great minds in the scientific / medical community will succeed in developing a vaccine as soon as practicably possible.
There is more to me than being introverted vs extroverted. There is an independence component as well. I feel stifled by people telling me how to live my life.
I'm very different than you. I feel that many of the guidelines are a moving target so I'm skeptical of them.
Masks, to me, have become kind of a virtue signal.
Really-I think both the moving target and "throw it all at the board" approach is why peoples frustrations are starting to creep up. We don't have strong direction or leadership. I'd feel better if they said right out-"WE Do NOT kNOW-so here is the first step-after this date we re-evaluate on what we know then". It's happening in piecemeal and then when you do start getting stuff that contradicts the first stuff you have everyone fighting trying to prove whose position is more "right". I'm most frustrated by the media in not being a whole heck of a lot better in clear messaging instead of one alarmist headline after the other. For instance WHO did NOT say recovering from the virus that you are NOT immune, but that they don't yet KNOW what immunity it provides. How many people actually read that far? or did further research? An immunity paper I read from NIH? WHO? CDC? (it was respected source) laid out how immunity works, and that the coronaviruses we have been exposed to (4 of which can cause common cold symptoms) like MERS we do get immunity to-including the cold symptom ones.So we have this dart board approach, throwing darts at everything hoping one hits the bullseye.
Yeah wow! I'd have said something to that manager too. TMI but at one time as a MARRIED couple we relied on OTC contraception. NOT their place to judge. period.To see how this has gone, I went to my local drugstore yesterday. As I was moving along, I noticed they removed the contraceptive section and attached a sign saying,
“Shoppers Drug Mart discourages any form of activity that violates Social Distancing and therefore this section is closed until further notice.”
Wow.
I'm getting to be the same way-still doing what I can, but expanding the "pod" as some one else said. My daughter comes home from her apartment at college once a month, and she still has her job-I guess the risk is she could bring it to us as we are all home. Yesterday the hub and son went to the lake to clean boat, take it out and bring jet ski home to clean and tune it-and had lunch with his mom and stepdad, outside, on patio -sitting away from each other but still. I think his parents have been out and about much more than we have lol. Neither one is used to sitting around and they are in great health, no chronic conditions. Heck they are probably lower risk than me with my asthma I am tired of the "shaming" if one doesn't want to wear a mask 100% of the time as somehow selfish. Or if family groups want to go the beach. Or people riding bikes. Or going to the store more than once a week-for "non essential" things.That sign is ridiculous and laughable. You are my kindred spirit in this.
I was all "gung ho" at the beginning of this to do my part . But as time goes on, I'm feeling less and less cooperative with all these rules.
I agree with the independence part. I dislike everyone telling everyone else what to do. I think people should focus on what works for them. Others who are fearful about catching the virus and/or are in a high risk group should stay home permanently. For some people, like me, death is not the most scary outcome. I am certainly not scared of being sick. I am a hardy person and have always dealt with illness and health conditions in a super positive way. Now, I know many people are not like me, so they should protect themselves and do what is right for their physical and mental health. I do not buy into this thing about masks protecting me and others. At first, the experts said masks did nothing then it looks like the experts changed their mind since they are feeling helpless about what really works. So we have this dart board approach, throwing darts at everything hoping one hits the bullseye.
Why? Because people don’t want to bother, people don’t like them, people don’t believe they help, restaurant owners don’t want the extra costs, people don’t care if they infect anyone else. IMHO this is all about attitude, and consideration of others, regardless if one believes that it will work or not. How hard is it to just wear one, it may actually help reduce the spread.@TravelTime If masks are so important, why haven't our depts of public health been requiring restaurant workers to wear them prior to just recently? I, too, am not scared of being sick.
I scared of being sick. I'm scared that I might be a carrier and make someone else sick. I'm scared that someone who thinks they are healthy might be carrying something that could infect me, and others.@TravelTime If masks are so important, why haven't our depts of public health been requiring restaurant workers to wear them prior to just recently? I, too, am not scared of being sick.
@Cornell In this case, a moderator brought up “liberty.” Shows no one is perfect. We all have our biases.
Or maybe "give me liberty and give me death".Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”
So what, because I say the word, use it in a phrase that's in quotation marks to denote the sentiment obviously being alluded to by others, I'm somehow less perfect or more biased than them?!
Even moderators reach their limits.
Or maybe "give me liberty and give me death".
So, because I want to be cautious I need to stay home forever because others don't believe they are carriers or can get it and won't take precautionary measures.Others who are fearful about catching the virus and/or are in a high risk group should stay home permanently.
I know what the statement is. In this case possibly giving people "liberty" is going to kill them, or someone else.Isn’t is give me liberty “OR” give me death? That’s a choice some of us are wiling to make. Our country is based on it. We have been taught this our entire lives. Now it has been taken away and the choice appears to be death.
See this post from another thread. No evidence that any of these statistics are correct. Odd how every illustration has different people in them. If it was a single reputable source, we wouldn't see different versions as we see in the Snopes article and the one quotes in the post that I linked to.I thought this was a good illustration. It's why I wear a mask. I do it to protect you as much as to protect me.
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So, because I want to be cautious I need to stay home forever because others don't believe they are carriers or can get it and won't take precautionary measures.
I know what the statement is. In this case possibly giving people "liberty" is going to kill them, or someone else.
I wonder why in Asian countries it's so much more acceptable for most people to wear masks when out. I used to think "Huh?" and now I understand.