mx elle is eepy: no, i absolutely do get your point. as someone who has not stopped taking precautions, but is living with long covid because other people did, i have very limited patience for “but nobody else is doing it.” choosing not to wear a mask harms people. is it worth harming people to fit in?

i want to add: if you’ve stopped masking for whatever reason, you can start again. it makes spaces more accessible, it helps preserve your health and the health of the people around you. it’s a tiny action you can take to make the world safer.

"If only I could do something that would have a positive impact on the world-" You can. Mask up.

I've been on a 14 hour and a 16 hour train ride on two seperate days last week. All that time. Through the WHOLE OF GERMANY, i have seen ONE person aside from myself who wore a mask. I felt like the biggest monkey on the planet.

You won’t in three to five days when everybody is sick at home and you aren’t.

Maybe. But all the "stats" and "reason" dont help me when i feel like "that guy" again. Always the weirdo, always the odd one out. People didnt seem sick either, or showed any usual covid signs. Its hard to keep up...

we have known for almost 5 years now that asymptomatic transmission happens. is it harder to wear a mask, or to grapple with the fact that you may kill or disable someone else because you decided not to do something as easy as masking?

You dont get my point at all. So why should i answer your question?

no, i absolutely do get your point. as someone who has not stopped taking precautions, but is living with long covid because other people did, i have very limited patience for “but nobody else is doing it.” choosing not to wear a mask harms people. is it worth harming people to fit in?

also, unless i misread, you might not see random people with symptoms because they’re at home sick with them…

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