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Raftergirl

(1,276 posts)
105. I always wear a mask (N95) anywhere indoors.
Tue Jun 14, 2022, 02:22 PM
Jun 2022

I flew at the beginning of May right after mask mandate was thrown out by a Florida judge. I was one of the few who never took my mask off on all the flights I took and in the airports. I’m sure if I wasn’t wearing a mask I would have gotten CV.

So, I mask and do what I want now. Been to several live shows at theatre and so far so good. Going this Saturday to see To Kill A Mockingbird.

I don’t wear a mask outside but eating out only outdoors at restaurants- so far so good.

Been to a few outdoor parties and so far so good.

Had several hair cut and color appointments and mani/pedi appointments (so I’m in the salon for at least 3 hours) since Omicron and even though I am practically the only one wearing a mask - so far so good.



I am a huge believer in mask being crucial in preventing CV infection.

I even played indoor tennis all fall/winter/spring with my mask on.

Now we have moved outdoors so I’m not masking.

I had my last booster over two months ago and so far so good.

My husband is as careful as I am but does a lot more stuff (volunteering mostly) than I do, but so far so good with him, too.

Case numbers and hospitalization are falling in NYS now and deaths didn’t rise much at all during this latest wave.

Mask up everyone! NOW! [View all] AntivaxHunters Jun 2022 OP
It's very frustrating everyone wants to go Tree Lady Jun 2022 #1
Keep up with your boosters. Just got my 4th shot yesterday. Butterflylady Jun 2022 #42
Thanks we are getting second booster Tree Lady Jun 2022 #120
My 5th jab is due end of August. SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2022 #162
Will we be able to get a fifth one? I am older and compromised. I got fourth shot in March. Maggiemayhem Jun 2022 #187
I just assume we will. there is no more room on the card though. SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2022 #209
"so I keep thinking he will give it to me". notinkansas Jun 2022 #64
Being vaxed allows back to near normal, very little evidence of the contrary uponit7771 Jun 2022 #72
There's lots of evidence to the contrary AntivaxHunters Jun 2022 #113
Nope. 42% of Jan-Feb deaths were vaxxed. They made bad choices. NullTuples Jun 2022 #158
How many of those were in the at risk group? tia uponit7771 Jun 2022 #174
It's an overall population figure. They were out dining & partying w/o masks. NullTuples Jun 2022 #201
Fully vaxxed 2 weeks past Covid here. People are getting it left and right. gldstwmn Jun 2022 #173
That's known, everyone on earth is going to get it but vaxed lowered chances of dying of it or .. uponit7771 Jun 2022 #175
I took Paxlovid. Actual miles may vary. gldstwmn Jun 2022 #178
almost no one is wearing masks around me too (southern Calif) Demovictory9 Jun 2022 #181
what area? pstokely Jun 2022 #184
oc Demovictory9 Jun 2022 #207
Do what you can to protect yourself Dorian Gray Jun 2022 #185
Never stopped. tanyev Jun 2022 #2
Me either geardaddy Jun 2022 #25
Me either. StarryNite Jun 2022 #52
Us neither. Over 1M dead. NOT ONE GOT IT FROM US. nt Hortensis Jun 2022 #145
Me either! SheltieLover Jun 2022 #149
We wear our masks in stores mgardener Jun 2022 #172
No sale. I haven't worn a mask since January. SoonerPride Jun 2022 #3
And reports from Africa say these 2 new variants are much weaker. Native Jun 2022 #68
Not quite true Dorian Gray Jun 2022 #186
+1, no evidence the vaxed should go back to alert level 1 uponit7771 Jun 2022 #69
Same here. Zeitghost Jun 2022 #76
And thank you! For helping Thtwudbeme Jun 2022 #84
Post removed Post removed Jun 2022 #86
Uh huh Thtwudbeme Jun 2022 #89
Poor thing. SoonerPride Jun 2022 #91
I'm with you, as usual!! beaglelover Jun 2022 #130
Why are you scared of wearing masks?? USALiberal Jun 2022 #133
Where did they say they were scared of wearing a mask????? beaglelover Jun 2022 #144
I am also 4x vaxxed. But if you get the wrong combo of variant and genetics, that don't mean squat. paulkienitz Jun 2022 #152
So was my father. progressoid Jun 2022 #180
and we're only starting to learn about the long term disabling effects of the disease paulkienitz Jun 2022 #202
The vaccines still protect against severe outcomes, but aren't very effective against infection. dawg Jun 2022 #4
Yes & no AntivaxHunters Jun 2022 #8
Yes and ... yes! dawg Jun 2022 #14
I have lost two relatives, a brother and an uncle. wnylib Jun 2022 #57
Long COVID gets re-triggered with this varient. haele Jun 2022 #104
Long Covid that involves... Just A Box Of Rain Jun 2022 #118
Sorry, stopped wearing masks 6 months ago. Still stay away from stores, crowds and do hand washing Shanti Shanti Shanti Jun 2022 #5
Smart by staying away from stores AntivaxHunters Jun 2022 #6
It isn't that immunity is starting to wane. The virus has evolved. dawg Jun 2022 #11
It's technically both AntivaxHunters Jun 2022 #13
So the masks annoy you? Scared? Nt USALiberal Jun 2022 #16
Enough hysteria, I dont live in fear. Ur masks wont save you if you hang around the infected herd. Shanti Shanti Shanti Jun 2022 #80
Hysteria? AntivaxHunters Jun 2022 #114
Post removed Post removed Jun 2022 #136
How about discussion of how this killer virus was spread to 1M+ now-dead people? Hortensis Jun 2022 #146
Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out, dear. ShazzieB Jun 2022 #148
Civil discourse billh58 Jun 2022 #154
Lol. Marsha, Marsha, Marsha. Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #121
You can, I simply stated my view, FUCK THIS SHIT, I WILL NOT BE ATTACKED! Shanti Shanti Shanti Jun 2022 #137
Gracious! Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #141
Exit, Stage right. nt tazkcmo Jun 2022 #183
Wow, where have I heard those words before. Ferrets are Cool Jun 2022 #128
Post removed Post removed Jun 2022 #138
You seem upset. Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #142
Do you look both ways before crossing a street? tazkcmo Jun 2022 #182
lol ok nt Torchlight Jun 2022 #87
Post removed Post removed Jun 2022 #116
Hadn't heard for a while, but Fla Dem Jun 2022 #29
EVERYONE around me has gotten it recently. What some call "hysteria" is simply Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #122
Cases at our hospital are back up to March numbers. AllyCat Jun 2022 #48
Yeah, the unvaxed and volenerable need to take precautions, that's a known known uponit7771 Jun 2022 #70
Mask wearing is more important than hand washing. n/t Ms. Toad Jun 2022 #92
I think so too. StarryNite Jun 2022 #98
True - but I was responsing to someone who has chosen to do one - Ms. Toad Jun 2022 #101
By About 4 Orders Of Magnitude ProfessorGAC Jun 2022 #131
Yup - but that awareness comes at a cost. Ms. Toad Jun 2022 #156
I accept your apology and expect better from you in the future. Iggo Jun 2022 #192
I haven't stopped masking Marthe48 Jun 2022 #7
"Traitor's plague" AntivaxHunters Jun 2022 #10
I've called it that for awhile Marthe48 Jun 2022 #26
Me neither. We're elderly and don't go out a lot, tho. However, I mask up in the supermarket and any CTyankee Jun 2022 #36
With changes on policy Marthe48 Jun 2022 #49
Just think about seasonal flu, which has been largely supressed because of masking. CTyankee Jun 2022 #54
Keep on! Excelsior! Marthe48 Jun 2022 #56
My list never gets finished, it seems. I check one thing off and another pops on... CTyankee Jun 2022 #60
I admire you Marthe48 Jun 2022 #77
I will probably die broke, but I plan to spend down what I have on travel. CTyankee Jun 2022 #78
Sounds wonderful Marthe48 Jun 2022 #100
Consciously day dream it. CTyankee Jun 2022 #117
We have friends who were fully vaxxed and got it in March AllyCat Jun 2022 #62
Looking at other sources, I think this article is a bit alarmist RAB910 Jun 2022 #9
It's as bad as what the article states AntivaxHunters Jun 2022 #12
The article is not talking about long haul Covid. It's talking about two new variants of Omicron RAB910 Jun 2022 #15
What I'm saying AntivaxHunters Jun 2022 #18
If this is as bad as this article claims, why are we not seeing other similar articles or warnings RAB910 Jun 2022 #20
They faced so much pressure to change their guidelines pandr32 Jun 2022 #53
I think we should deal in facts not speculation or conspiracy theories RAB910 Jun 2022 #63
+1 uponit7771 Jun 2022 #71
Facts: TheProle Jun 2022 #73
There is a lot of data at the link RAB910 Jun 2022 #75
Not specifically. TheProle Jun 2022 #93
You can do a search on this. pandr32 Jun 2022 #107
This is behind a paywall, for me RAB910 Jun 2022 #115
How about this one? pandr32 Jun 2022 #134
The author seems to be doing a lot of second guessing which he then tries to claim RAB910 Jun 2022 #190
CDC - Omicron sub-variants BA.4, BA.5 account for 21% of COVID variants in U.S. AntivaxHunters Jun 2022 #111
Did you notice these two paragraphs? RAB910 Jun 2022 #119
It is alarming AntivaxHunters Jun 2022 #125
Covid has become regional RAB910 Jun 2022 #191
Yes, I am glad to see that numbers in my county in New York are improving, but for how long? liberal_mama Jun 2022 #205
The trick is to mask before it overruns your area. Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #123
Some of the home tests are being counted. louis-t Jun 2022 #17
Vastly under reported AntivaxHunters Jun 2022 #19
I agree. A lot of people don't even test. louis-t Jun 2022 #23
Agree. Trying to do my part in not spreading in our family and others. Seems like more wiggs Jun 2022 #21
I've never stopped masking. Gore1FL Jun 2022 #22
same here NJCher Jun 2022 #140
+1 it's not a big deal at all Withywindle Jun 2022 #167
I haven't stopped :) Auggie Jun 2022 #24
+1 n/t area51 Jun 2022 #85
Caught it on my Kenya visit. Evaded my immunity and my boosted vaccine JCMach1 Jun 2022 #27
I've had two boosters Joe Nation Jun 2022 #28
I'm continuing to do pretty much what I've been doing Ocelot II Jun 2022 #30
Larimer County, CO moreland01 Jun 2022 #31
I never stopped masking indoors around people IronLionZion Jun 2022 #32
Was 2nd Boosted on May 20th ProudMNDemocrat Jun 2022 #33
2nd boosted April 22. roamer65 Jun 2022 #38
Went to the grocery store Monday. TNNurse Jun 2022 #34
Good on ya, Nurse! cilla4progress Jun 2022 #51
I considered that option as well. TNNurse Jun 2022 #82
Still masking. One of the best, most practical ideas appalachiablue Jun 2022 #35
Wear it every store I enter, since March 2020. twodogsbarking Jun 2022 #37
Same here, I only forgot to pull up my mask appalachiablue Jun 2022 #43
i always carry mine and if the situation warrants it i mask up.. samnsara Jun 2022 #39
N95 Always Desert_Leslie Jun 2022 #40
I use the Envo as well, with LuckyCharms Jun 2022 #155
I'll look for that mask - thanks. Pinback Jun 2022 #165
I know more people who've had Covid in the last couple months than in all of 2020-2021 chia Jun 2022 #41
And did they need to be hospitalized? SoonerPride Jun 2022 #81
No, none of them. Not my point, though. chia Jun 2022 #88
My point is that the vaccines work. SoonerPride Jun 2022 #90
Ignoring disease prevention is getting harder and harder to defend from a scientific basis. Ms. Toad Jun 2022 #94
We aren't getting to Covid zero. SoonerPride Jun 2022 #95
Did I say we were? Ms. Toad Jun 2022 #99
So here's the deal SoonerPride Jun 2022 #102
1. The people who are suffering long-term consequences - or will suffer the long-term consequences Ms. Toad Jun 2022 #103
This message was self-deleted by its author SoonerPride Jun 2022 #106
So almost half hospitalized have symptoms 4 months down the road Johnny2X2X Jun 2022 #108
The story at Ms. Toad's link says: Mariana Jun 2022 #147
Not almost half of hospitalized - Ms. Toad Jun 2022 #157
Not true. Just A Box Of Rain Jun 2022 #179
I know a number who did not need to be hospitalized but who have long Covid now. Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #124
i never quit wearing mine . AllaN01Bear Jun 2022 #44
Doctors and family are the only times I venture going anywhere.l Butterflylady Jun 2022 #45
My son got a positive test last week and his day program was cancelled all this week because kimbutgar Jun 2022 #46
I am still wearing my mask most places LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2022 #47
Please remember to overtip your delivery driver if you can. intheflow Jun 2022 #50
Always do that. Minimum $7.00 for pickup deliveries, haele Jun 2022 #127
I never stopped masking wryter2000 Jun 2022 #55
Could be more breakthrough infections combined StarryNite Jun 2022 #58
Subject tangent lambchopp59 Jun 2022 #59
Wait a second... LuckyCharms Jun 2022 #153
Then you're not isolated. Yes there is a laughable extreme: lambchopp59 Jun 2022 #159
My point is this... LuckyCharms Jun 2022 #164
Enough. lambchopp59 Jun 2022 #194
Addendum lambchopp59 Jun 2022 #196
No need to apologize for my sensitivity. LuckyCharms Jun 2022 #198
Please get help. lambchopp59 Jun 2022 #203
Bye now. LuckyCharms Jun 2022 #204
I don't understand why it's a laughable extreme liberal_mama Jun 2022 #199
Thank a Trump supporter today!!!!!! SuperCoder Jun 2022 #61
I flew yesterday spinbaby Jun 2022 #65
Have been watching FDA VRBPAC's meeting to discuss/vote on EUA amendments for Moderna for ages 6- 17 BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #66
My niece just had it. She has RA so she had 2 shots leftyladyfrommo Jun 2022 #67
This is neither alarmist nor a "conspiracy theory" Another Jackalope Jun 2022 #74
Keeping stocked up on KN95s and KF94s musette_sf Jun 2022 #79
Sorry, but no. I am in a completely different situ than most here anyway. Celerity Jun 2022 #83
You do understand you can still be a carrier, even if you never have symptoms and are fully vaxxed? Tommymac Jun 2022 #166
The odds are extraordinarily low (for the reasons I listed in detail) that either of us will carry Celerity Jun 2022 #171
I've been continuing to mask - Ms. Toad Jun 2022 #96
I'll wear mine if a venue requires it. Elessar Zappa Jun 2022 #97
I always wear a mask (N95) anywhere indoors. Raftergirl Jun 2022 #105
I haven't stopped wearing a mask Sunsky Jun 2022 #109
Never stopped, really Hekate Jun 2022 #110
I'm waiting to just before school starts up again to get my next booster since I Quixote1818 Jun 2022 #112
I was thinking of doing the same. I've had 5 vaccines this year (3 covid, 2 shingles) Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #135
Here is some info on this I found earlier Quixote1818 Jun 2022 #160
That's the best digest of the information I've seen! I didn't realize that for healthy Scrivener7 Jun 2022 #161
Never stopped. All I have started doing is double masking again. Ferrets are Cool Jun 2022 #126
Number of cases is irrelevant. It's whether or not hospitalizations are dramatically increasing beaglelover Jun 2022 #129
I Faux pas Jun 2022 #132
i really never stopped masking orleans Jun 2022 #139
My brother in law was hospitalized with Delta and again two weeks ago w Covid. BrightKnight Jun 2022 #143
The CDC isn't helping to stop the spread. Farmer-Rick Jun 2022 #150
there's a popular narrative that covid is in some sense ending... paulkienitz Jun 2022 #151
COVID isn't going to be stopped. Ace Rothstein Jun 2022 #169
This message was self-deleted by its author Ace Rothstein Jun 2022 #170
June 15, 2020 was the first time it ended around these parts. Iggo Jun 2022 #200
why the hell isn't the CDC allowing people to get boosters? Takket Jun 2022 #163
A virus that kills quickly isn't a 'good' virus. Aussie105 Jun 2022 #168
I do. I admit I stopped for a good while, but I'm back in the game! C Moon Jun 2022 #176
I mask up, social distance, wash hands regularly, isolate when I can (no going out if possible) Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2022 #177
A friend who just moved to Eugene, OR, texted us yesterday and Roisin Ni Fiachra Jun 2022 #188
I have never stopped masking or social distancing, even though fully vaccinated... DemocraticPatriot Jun 2022 #189
This is why obnoxiousdrunk Jun 2022 #193
I've never stopped wearing an N95 or KF94 mask everywhere. I live in New York State and liberal_mama Jun 2022 #195
I've been vacationing in England and Scotland the last 2 weeks Shrek Jun 2022 #197
Has anyone been following Dr. Bob Wachter on Twitter? He's always trying to minimize and justify liberal_mama Jun 2022 #206
I just wanted to share that I visited the gldstwmn Jun 2022 #208
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