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It's weird. I wore a mask while on the T the other night. But did not when at House of Blues. But was in the back at the venue, since I like personal space.
Post by thepiratepenguin on Sept 11, 2023 12:47:49 GMT -5
I'm being extra cautious right now since I don't want to get sick for a trip coming up, wearing a mask pretty much everywhere the last two weeks, but I also think I'll feel more relaxed again when this year's booster comes out.
Post by xfinitypass on Sept 11, 2023 17:27:42 GMT -5
I feel like the pandemic opened a Pandora’s box of worrying about being too sick to go out in public for me. Trying to address it in therapy, but it still feels ever-present in my mind. Like every time I have a big event coming up I’m hyped for, I start hyper analyzing how I feel looking for symptoms, and hyper worrying about every event in the lead up to the big event I attend for fear of increasing the odds of getting sick and missing the trip. Back in the old days when people just kept living their life bar taking a day or two off work when sick, I never worried about this and went out embarrassingly sick to shows, but now that it’s been brought to my attention it feels like the worry won’t go away.
I don’t know if anyone else can relate, I know most the Covid fear people have is getting it themselves, but I could really care less, for some reason I’m more concerned with infecting others. It’d also be easy to say from an outsiders perspective “oh just get a test anytime you feel symptoms” but I feel a single symptom of Covid about 90% of days, so I’d go broke buying tests if I did this, but I’ve also made the mistake before of ignoring these “light” symptoms and continuing my life then later realizing it was Covid and getting a test and left to deal with the guilt of likely infecting others. Just feeling this amplified right now in the week between two weekends of music festivals in a time where my allergies have been rough on and off for a while.
Like I’m over here getting this anxious about a like $600 trip to a music festival getting cancelled due e to illness, I can’t fathom how people doing things like $30,000 weddings are holding it together. I’m definitely at a better place mentally with it than I was even in November 2022 when I was still cancelling plans to go to shows I actually bought tickets for (at least a dozen times), but it’s still a tedious thing to have on your mind 24/7.
TL/DR: no longer worried about getting Covid, but the worry about infecting others is extremely tough for me manage
TL/DR: no longer worried about getting Covid, but the worry about infecting others is extremely tough for me manage
At this point, I've just come to assume that Covid will be around forever similar to the flu or colds.
I'd avoid people who are vulnerable, such as those who are older and/or have immunity problems.
But also, I had Covid a couple weeks ago and only missed two days of work. (Wild take ahead:) I'm around people who are hardcore Republicans and half of them don't believe in vaccinations. So, I don't particularly feel bad for them if they happen to catch it. They don't care, so why should I?
I will say - the Republicans I know, they at least believe Covid is still a thing. They don't give a fuck about anyone, but they're not stupid enough to say Covid is over.
If you think Covid is over, you are a special kind of stupid.
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TL/DR: no longer worried about getting Covid, but the worry about infecting others is extremely tough for me manage
At this point, I've just come to assume that Covid will be around forever similar to the flu or colds.
I'd avoid people who are vulnerable, such as those who are older and/or have immunity problems.
But also, I had Covid a couple weeks ago and only missed two days of work. (Wild take ahead:) I'm around people who are hardcore Republicans and half of them don't believe in vaccinations. So, I don't particularly feel bad for them if they happen to catch it. They don't care, so why should I?
Yeah, i understand this to a certain extent. At obligatory events like work the worry goes down... I have to do that to survive. But for some reason I just get this weird guilt about festivals and concerts still. Just this internal dialogue of "i'm going to this concert despite having congestion (that's 99% likely to be allergies instead of covid), i'm really shitty for prioritizing my fun over others health." No idea why... it's not logical, I'm allowed to have fun. Some sort of mental self-sabotage going on.
At this point, I've just come to assume that Covid will be around forever similar to the flu or colds.
I'd avoid people who are vulnerable, such as those who are older and/or have immunity problems.
But also, I had Covid a couple weeks ago and only missed two days of work. (Wild take ahead:) I'm around people who are hardcore Republicans and half of them don't believe in vaccinations. So, I don't particularly feel bad for them if they happen to catch it. They don't care, so why should I?
Yeah, i understand this to a certain extent. At obligatory events like work the worry goes down... I have to do that to survive. But for some reason I just get this weird guilt about festivals and concerts still. Just this internal dialogue of "i'm going to this concert despite having congestion (that's 99% likely to be allergies instead of covid), i'm really shitty for prioritizing my fun over others health." No idea why... it's not logical, I'm allowed to have fun. Some sort of mental self-sabotage going on.
I hate to make what seems like an obvious suggestion that I'm sure isn't going to land, but...what about masking? If you're worried that you're going to infect someone else at a a concert or festival, you could always wear a mask - even something like a surgical mask is going to be pretty good at capturing what you're breathing out if that's a bigger concern than what you might be breathing in.
I know most folks are pretty mask-averse these days, but I've been still rocking an N95 at all indoor shows, and a KN95 if I'm worried about something outdoors. I'm not going to lie and say wearing an N95 for 3-4 hours doesn't kind of suck, but the peace of mind is pretty dope.
Yeah, i understand this to a certain extent. At obligatory events like work the worry goes down... I have to do that to survive. But for some reason I just get this weird guilt about festivals and concerts still. Just this internal dialogue of "i'm going to this concert despite having congestion (that's 99% likely to be allergies instead of covid), i'm really shitty for prioritizing my fun over others health." No idea why... it's not logical, I'm allowed to have fun. Some sort of mental self-sabotage going on.
I hate to make what seems like an obvious suggestion that I'm sure isn't going to land, but...what about masking? If you're worried that you're going to infect someone else at a a concert or festival, you could always wear a mask - even something like a surgical mask is going to be pretty good at capturing what you're breathing out if that's a bigger concern than what you might be breathing in.
I know most folks are pretty mask-averse these days, but I've been still rocking an N95 at all indoor shows, and a KN95 if I'm worried about something outdoors. I'm not going to lie and say wearing an N95 for 3-4 hours doesn't kind of suck, but the peace of mind is pretty dope.
hmm, definitely a valid option at concerts, but don't think I have it in me to keep one for all of a festival
A group of friends spent two days together over Labor Day weekend, no masking and sometimes sharing drinks. Within a few days, one tested positive for covid (first time), one went to the dr and eventually found out she has mono, two had cold symptoms but negative for covid after several days, the rest of us fine. I guess there is some herd immunity.
I hate to make what seems like an obvious suggestion that I'm sure isn't going to land, but...what about masking? If you're worried that you're going to infect someone else at a a concert or festival, you could always wear a mask - even something like a surgical mask is going to be pretty good at capturing what you're breathing out if that's a bigger concern than what you might be breathing in.
I know most folks are pretty mask-averse these days, but I've been still rocking an N95 at all indoor shows, and a KN95 if I'm worried about something outdoors. I'm not going to lie and say wearing an N95 for 3-4 hours doesn't kind of suck, but the peace of mind is pretty dope.
hmm, definitely a valid option at concerts, but don't think I have it in me to keep one for all of a festival
I usually wear an N95 with straps that go around the head, so it's easy enough to pull it down and let it hang around my neck when I'm not wearing it.
Both my grandparents have it for the first time. Grandma had a part of her lung removed in March and has issues with the area where they had the drainage tube healing, and my Pop-Pop has had I think two respiratory infections this year. Pop started having symptoms Saturday night and Grandma started Sunday; in two rounds of COVID the worst symptoms were in the first few days, and since they don't seem to have fevers or any lung issues so far I'm not as worried as I would have been a couple years ago. It seems like the later variants of COVID don't attack the lungs as much, I'm hoping it stays that way for them.
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