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Ms. Toad

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55. Not by anyone who respects medicine or science.

Fri May 20, 2022, 12:46 AM

May 2022

Covid will soon be considered comparable to the flu by most

40% of February deaths are among people vaccinated and boosted. When is the last time influenza killed 56,000+ people in a year, let alone a month? More than 22,000 of those were vaccinated.

At least 10%, and by some counts as high as 50% experience long COVID - whether vaccinated and boosted or not. In addition to long COVID, the risk for heart complications is increased - even among those whose cases were so mild they were not even aware they had COVID. Brain shrinkage is also a consequence of COVID. Those are only the long-term consequences studied sufficiently to evaluate. The consequences last the entire duration from COVID to present, and I am not aware of any potential consequences studied and ruled out.

Ignoring the reality that COVID is a far more serious disease, even among the vaccinated, than the flu is like playing chicken with an oncoming train which you can hear - but don't believe is coming because you can't yet see it.

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Mask up! [View all] AntivaxHunters May 2022 OP

I never stopped masking & have no intention of doing so! SheltieLover May 2022 #1

Same here. LoisB May 2022 #3

I wish it were over, but it isn't! SheltieLover May 2022 #5

Same here too. Duppers May 2022 #6

Good for you! SheltieLover May 2022 #8

Same with me. I don't like them, but I'm sure they've been a big part of keeping me safe for Arkansas Granny May 2022 #11

I'm not fond of them either, but they are the only rational choice, imo. SheltieLover May 2022 #12

My doctor recommended masking any time I am in contact with people I don't live with. pazzyanne May 2022 #13

Yep. Husband and I both still do. calimary May 2022 #20

Same here Rebl2 May 2022 #28

Same here! n/t DFW May 2022 #21

Same TuxedoKat May 2022 #30

1. Regardless of your location on earth, wear a mask in the places that Tetrachloride May 2022 #2

Going to see a play tomorrow Sympthsical May 2022 #4

Getting 2nd Booster on Friday morning. ProudMNDemocrat May 2022 #7

I need to get my 2nd booster Novara May 2022 #10

Sending vibes for good results on the MRI. hamsterjill May 2022 #32

Thank you so much! Novara May 2022 #36

I'm so sorry. hamsterjill May 2022 #37

Thank you Novara May 2022 #38

I no longer mask except when requested to do so by the location I'm visiting. Dial H For Hero May 2022 #9

Do you only wear a condom when someone asks you to? AntivaxHunters May 2022 #14

If I'm in a long term relationship and she's on birth control I don't. Dial H For Hero May 2022 #35

I don't understand why you aren't willing to wear a mask AntivaxHunters May 2022 #43

Because the risk of not doing so is, at this point, minimal. Dial H For Hero May 2022 #45

Minimal? Like wearing a seat belt? AntivaxHunters May 2022 #46

Of course I wear a seatbelt every time. It's required by law. Dial H For Hero May 2022 #49

Sadly, the overwhelming majority of Americans are willing to follow CDC guidelines MyMission May 2022 #50

Barring some horrible mutation, Covid will soon be considered comparable to the flu by most. Dial H For Hero May 2022 #53

Not by anyone who respects medicine or science. Ms. Toad May 2022 #55

We mask inside businesses. TNNurse May 2022 #15

I've never stopped. Ferrets are Cool May 2022 #16

Please remember this fact Moostache May 2022 #17

Masks DO Protect you AntivaxHunters May 2022 #18

+1 n/t area51 May 2022 #27

That's fuckin' great! Novara May 2022 #39

We like the kf-94 the best. JudyM May 2022 #41

So true, everyone: MASKS DO PROTECT YOU AS WELL AS OTHERS Meowmee May 2022 #48

If you say so. But I def (also) wear a mask to protect myself. The fact that I haven't had... FailureToCommunicate May 2022 #19

take your point (about community protection) stopdiggin May 2022 #22

I had hoped the CDC would have gotten their shit together Novara May 2022 #40

That misconception actually discouraged many folks from wearing masks IronLionZion May 2022 #25

That is nonsense - a convenient lie told to preserve masks for health care workers. Ms. Toad May 2022 #57

Most of America is looking red IronLionZion May 2022 #23

Never stopped, don't plan to. SergeStorms May 2022 #24

Thanks for posting this! I feel so grateful to be part of the DU community, most of whom are still LaMouffette May 2022 #26

Why all the blue in mid-country when they are mostly red-Trump areas? Is it population density? Samrob May 2022 #29

Ba.2 is making it's way from New England and the west coast inward. Tomconroy May 2022 #31

The map uses the original measures for community transmission. Ms. Toad May 2022 #58

Some of those areas don't have a whole hell of a lot of people. JanMichael May 2022 #34

low population and spread out over long distances JI7 May 2022 #51

Post removed Post removed May 2022 #33

" Masks DO NOT PROTECT YOU !!! They protect others FROM YOU" Patterson May 2022 #42

Yesterday the crawl on CNN said that the CDC recommended senseandsensibility May 2022 #44

We never stopped Meowmee May 2022 #47

Yeah... on Monday, I spent 2+ hours with my ecstatic May 2022 #52

I've never stopped wearing an N95 or KF94 mask everywhere. I live in New York State and liberal_mama May 2022 #54

Mine went back on today. kairos12 May 2022 #56

I wear n-95s most days for 6 hours. uppityperson May 2022 #59