SouBeachTalents
05-22-2021, 09:50 AM
I honestly don't understand it. A virus that has a 99.8% survival rate, has a vaccine that's available and been taken by hundreds of millions of Americans, and even now has the CDC relaxing mask guidelines, these people, almost all of them far from being elderly, are still petrified of the virus and admit they'll continue to live in fear and isolation from it. Some gems from the article
A 35 year old, who for some reason had to disclose he was black, gay and deaf :lol
I worked at Whole Foods Market. But with the pandemic, I didn't feel comfortable with people being in my space or in my proximity. Some of the customers would take down their masks and speak at me — that just freaked me out. I had to resign because I was still afraid of walking in the store.
During the pandemic, there were periods where I would not leave my apartment for almost a week or a week and a half.
For example, large gatherings are something that I will not be returning to. It's because of the current climate with people choosing not to be vaccinated and they disclose that they refuse to be vaccinated. That makes me uncomfortable, and I know that I'm not in a position of asking if they've been vaccinated.
Am I ready to be maskless? Not anytime soon.
A 49 year old
But now with the threat of a pandemic and serious illness, do I want to be around that many people? I usually get like a horrible cold every winter. For my health, I don't think I'll ever go back to it even if things got back to normal.
Walking around seeing people in masks is disheartening. I suffer from claustrophobia and anxiety, which got worse during the pandemic. I cannot have anything near my face, so when masks came out, I thought "I'm screwed." I don't like the world that I see when I go outside my house. Inside my house, I can shut it all out.
And a lady who literally sounds like a Walk on Water post
I think it's crazy that they are loosening these restrictions so wildly. I don't see myself giving up the mask in public for a long while. I know most people are eager to shed them, but I enjoy the protection it has given me from others. People are so gross. It amazes me. Recently, I saw a man take off his mask to sneeze in the supermarket, and then put it back on. I was standing in the aisle going, "What?" You're supposed to keep them on.
I have become a little bit of a germaphobe. My children hate when the second they walk in the door, and I'm like, "Wash your hands, wash your hands." I won't let them sit on my bed in street clothes. I have them change because they've been out and exposed.
Full article
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/22/us/vaccinated-covid-new-normal-trnd/index.html
A 35 year old, who for some reason had to disclose he was black, gay and deaf :lol
I worked at Whole Foods Market. But with the pandemic, I didn't feel comfortable with people being in my space or in my proximity. Some of the customers would take down their masks and speak at me — that just freaked me out. I had to resign because I was still afraid of walking in the store.
During the pandemic, there were periods where I would not leave my apartment for almost a week or a week and a half.
For example, large gatherings are something that I will not be returning to. It's because of the current climate with people choosing not to be vaccinated and they disclose that they refuse to be vaccinated. That makes me uncomfortable, and I know that I'm not in a position of asking if they've been vaccinated.
Am I ready to be maskless? Not anytime soon.
A 49 year old
But now with the threat of a pandemic and serious illness, do I want to be around that many people? I usually get like a horrible cold every winter. For my health, I don't think I'll ever go back to it even if things got back to normal.
Walking around seeing people in masks is disheartening. I suffer from claustrophobia and anxiety, which got worse during the pandemic. I cannot have anything near my face, so when masks came out, I thought "I'm screwed." I don't like the world that I see when I go outside my house. Inside my house, I can shut it all out.
And a lady who literally sounds like a Walk on Water post
I think it's crazy that they are loosening these restrictions so wildly. I don't see myself giving up the mask in public for a long while. I know most people are eager to shed them, but I enjoy the protection it has given me from others. People are so gross. It amazes me. Recently, I saw a man take off his mask to sneeze in the supermarket, and then put it back on. I was standing in the aisle going, "What?" You're supposed to keep them on.
I have become a little bit of a germaphobe. My children hate when the second they walk in the door, and I'm like, "Wash your hands, wash your hands." I won't let them sit on my bed in street clothes. I have them change because they've been out and exposed.
Full article
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/22/us/vaccinated-covid-new-normal-trnd/index.html