man cmon. it's not "con crud." take a damn covid test

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man cmon. it's not "con crud." take a damn covid test
"Oh it's not COVID, I just caught whatever's going around right now."
COVID. COVID is going around right now.
seeing people who used to be on top of wearing a mask + rightfully giving shit to people who didn't mask turn around and go "yeah i don't mask, also unrelated but it's weird how i'm getting sick more these days, too bad there's nothing i can do about this" is so... SO baffling. how does it not embarass them to turn into the people they were making fun of only a year or two ago with no self-awareness whatsoever
I actually came home from FWA with what appears to be a cold, way milder symptoms than covid and I've done a half dozen negative rapid tests at this point. Still isolating till I'm totally clear, only reason I haven't gone out to get a PCR is cause it wouldn't change the plan of action
I can't imagine not going out without an N95 on anymore. Maybe if it's raining outside, I'll take it off until I go back inside? But that's only because the water would clog up the filter material.