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learned the other day that someone in my life doesn't wear masks in public anymore, their partner works in healthcare and doesn't see covid cases, and their community transmission rate is low. i... can see their decision-making process, but also, i'm really struggling because for most of the past several years, i've been in direct proximity to higher-risk people, whether that's family/housemate/ex partner, and the way i've thought about covid is, we should essentially just normalize masking & shielding as a social practice, rather than treating it as a thing to move on from.

i mean, is there any downside to continuing to mask in public...? it protects against any airborne infectious diseases, and it's not like covid ...

oh, house finch just landed in front of me

anyway it's not like covid has gone away, either. even if community transmission is low, the strains still out there are evolving ...also, there's something to be said about masking in times of mass surveillance.

it's just wild; i don't know what to do. i'm gonna continue to mask whenever i'm around people in public [partly also because it makes socializing a little easier when i don't have to have people reading my whole face] aaaand i have so much grief/rage over the way this pandemic played out. community transmission levels may be "low" now but people are still catching it. also, a lot of people died. a lot of people are living with long covid. and the social normalcy current wants people to move on?


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