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My wife just tested positive for COVID the second time this year and we are sooo mad. We are so sick of other people and their total disregard for each other. Even tho we don't know for sure where she got it, we were at a small gathering last weekend where someone showed up sick without any sort of warning. They said it's not COVID and something about how its just their sinuses, you know, the normal brushing off of obvious symptoms.
Then on Monday I had to go to the office for a meeting and overheard 2 different people saying they weren't feeling great... They both ended up going home and neither of them showed up the next day, but a third person did show up the next day, also complaining about being sick... I really just don't understand why!
My wife and I do everything we cant to be safe; we wear masks in public, we make our concerns known, we have canceled and changed plan in order to keep in line with our concerns and comfort.
Why do people insist on going to work or to gatherings when they can admit they are sick?
Why does nobody give a shit about anyone around them?
I hate people, I really do, but I still don't go into social situations while sick and if I had to I would wear a fucking mask. It's that fucking simple, yet no one has the common courtesy to not bring their fucking communicable disease into public.
Fuck people.
FUCK
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UPDATE: Just got an email from one of my colleagues who just tested positive for COVID. He was in the office Monday, complaining about feeling sick, but waited 4 days to test because “he didn’t even think about COVID until someone else mentioned it.” Mind you, this person sees me with a mask on EVERY DAY, but didn’t think about COVID…
I really really hate people and am thinking about leaning into the hermit life. Just me, my partner, and our cats; everyone else can fuck off.
The fact people are hiding and really, really shifty about their sicknesses and illnesses lately tell me they know things are fucked and they feel at least partially guilty about something.
Maybe to some extent, but it deepens my resentment. I wear a mask every time I go into a building besides my house because of those people. They could wear a mask when they are sick and probably feel a whole lot less guilt.
Why does nobody give a shit about anyone around them?
Because people are told everyday, endlessly that everything is fine. The media will continue to downplay or not even mention COVID. They are beholden to the capital forces that have determined public health is antithetical to the profit motive. So people who are otherwise able to stay home and take precautions (like masking) are pressured not to and told to come back to work because “COVID is over. Coming back to work was what we did before COVID.” I’ll quote what wopazoo@hexbear.net said to me after I posted about getting it.
You cannot get people to return to pre-pandemic behaviors without eradicating the thought of the pandemic in their mind. Eliminating masks, the symbol of the pandemic, is necessary to achieve the ends of a reversion to pre-pandemic behavior.
Edit: I’m also sorry that you guys got it. I wish it didn’t happen to you. Please take care of yourself.
Very good take and depressingly correct. I sometimes get lost in the sauce and forget that my expectation of average people is a little to high.
I don't go to work when I'm sick but it costs me a LOT of money in missed wages so i can understand why others will go in
Is masking not an option? Honest question, I don't know your situation, but for most people it is. Especially the people I work with, they definitely can but just wont. I wear a mask to work every day, sick ot not.
I work construction and tbh I haven't seen anyone wear a mask in a year. I held out longer than most but i, too, am a liberal who caved to the amount of times i was asked why I'm wearing it and asked if i know covid is over.
I should pick up some N95s fuck I'm a bad guy
I see 2 other people in my building that wear masks, one of them sits next to me, the other is the mail guy. Fortunately everyone just knows me as the mask guy and has nothing to say to me about it, i can just exist most of the time.
I understand tho, it's uncomfortable trying to be comfortable in a way that makes no sense to most people. Today was the first time I flat out told it like it is to someone in my professional life. My new boss wants to have a lunch outing with our small team. I had to flat out tell them that I'm not comfortable with dining indoors and being unmasked in confined spaces with people. It was a huge relief to express that to someone outside of my friends who understand without question.
Why do people insist on going to work or to gatherings when they can admit they are sick?
Depends on what sort of work it is, but some people just can't afford to miss time at work due to paltry worker protections (not enough sick hours or PTO fuckery).
Yeah, obviously that is a very real situation, but to add context, both my wife and I work for places that allow and promote remote work in these situations. My boss says it constantly that anyone who is feeling sick doesn't need to think twice about it.
You are correct tho, not everyone has that luxury, but the people who have no other option can still wear a mask.
We learned absolutely nothing over the past 4 years, it's so disheartening.
This was me, actually. It wasn't Covid, thank god, but I wasn't able to do over 3 days of sick days without a Doctors note and things are already tight. Thankfully I at least masked up, kept some space on people, and had 10 hours paid vacation.
Our hh tested positive for the first time recently. We think we got it because my partner’s coworker came to work with “a kind of Covid.” His new manager also insists on weekly in-person meetings. One can attend online but it’s difficult to hear or participate, and my partner needs that information to do his job.
The coworker in question, who has had Covid 3 or 4 times now, told my partner “you can’t avoid it” and honestly if you come to work maskless and sick, refusing to even cover your mouth when you sneeze or cough, how is that not a threat?
YOU CAN DAMN WELL TRY TO AVOID IT!
That’s why I wear a mask 99% of the time. I have been sick 2 times since starting to wear masks 4 years ago. Once was covid, Once was a normal cold.
Now now wearing a mask in my own house so as to avoid my wife spreading it to me. I’ll see if I can dodge it this time and report back to all the defeatist chuds.
Yeah. Not going out and spreading shit around when you're noticeably sick and symptomatic is the fucking absolute bare minimum and I swear to god people are worse about it now than pre-covid because they have the "well I rapid tested once and it's not covid so I'm fine" excuse now.
I'm not proud of how long I held out on masking and stuff, but I'm a household of one and I WFH, so when I'm at all sick at least I can just be a hermit and not spread shit to anyone, and I have a stockpile of masks if I absolutely have to go someplace. this winter's covid wave has me wanting to mask again but it feels pointless when historically I've almost exclusively been the one getting sick after family gatherings, not the one spreading it.
It took 3 days into symptoms for a positive rapid this time around. Last time I was asymptomatic for 2 days while testing positive. The key is consistent testing for a few days while you are exhibiting symptoms. However, most people just wanna be able to prove it’s fine as quick as possible.
My wife caught it the first time last week. And holy fuck does this shit suck. Sorry you're going through this; sorry we are too.
All fucked up, barely testing negative, chock full of fucked up symptoms - she literally just left for work because.... BECAUSE.
Fuck this system.
barely testing negative, chock full of fucked up symptoms
Are you swabbing your throat (at least 30 minutes after eating)? Nose rapid tests haven't been effective since before Omicron
Might want to start using nasal sprays like covixyl, xclear (xylitol), or betadine. There's not a lot of studies out there, but what studies have been done show a 60-80% effectiveness in stopping the virus. They all basically coat your nasal passage with a protective layer to stop the virus. Probably won't stop it if you are in a small room with someone shedding virus for a long time, but it should help your odds.
Also DIY fit test your mask if you haven't:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRCZ8Qnf0Z0
https://mathburritos.org/fit-test-kit-v1/
And bring a HEPA air purifier if you're going to someone else's home.
If you don't have access to nasal sprays or aren't comfortable with the quality of the evidence, you can also do a saline rinse after potential exposures to mechanically remove virions from your nasal passages.
I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
I don't go to work when I'm sick because I have (paid, obviously) sick leave
