Boomer parents

Meanwhile Japanese people, for all their faults, put a fucking mask on when they get a cold because that's seen as a decent thing to do.

It's still surprising to me that so few after 4 years of this still do not understand the airborne nature of respiratory illnesses especially Rona with all that has gone on.

Then again I might be expecting too much from people...

"Yes, if Fox News says Biden opposes people jumping off of bridges."

If all my friends jumped off a bridge, there's probably a good reason. I keep pretty intelligent friends. The bridge is probably collapsing or some shit. Wear a fuckin mask tho.

Huh? "maskless again"? Are there places that still have mask mandates?

This actually came up recently. Was playing Battlefield and saw all my teammates jump off the bridge we were on, so I just jumped off with them.

As I parachuted down I saw the helicopter crashing where we’d just been standing. It made me laugh realizing I’d just lived out that little saying.

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We lived in a small town with the bridge being one of the best spots to jump off of into the lake. So after the first time our parents used that saying we pointed that out and they never did it again hahaha.

I haven't seen anyone wear a mask where I live for a very long time

Yes I would jump of the bridge because if I have friends, and I mean true friends, why wouldn't I want to jump off that bridge?

Yeah man, take a deep breath, real deep.

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It's 2024. Covid is no longer that much worse than the flu. Unless you have some condition, you don't need to mask anymore. Covid is still a thing, yes, and masks still help, but it's not going away, we're better prepared for it, and it's evolving to be more infectious and less lethal.

It's really hard to find data by year, but the second graph on this page is close enough: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/covid_weekly/index.htm

So yeah, wear a mask if you want, but don't shame others for refusing to do so.

Vaccines are available and (reasonably) effective, at least at preventing severe outcomes. Still take precautions when you know you will be around high risk individuals (hospitals, immunocompromised friends and family members, etc) and isolate if you are sick. Outside of that there isn't a need to wear a mask constantly anymore.

Can't we just all be happy that those mandates are over?

Are you seriously feeling nostalgic about THAT?

The good news is that studies have shown masks aren't all that effective so no one needs to worry about this anymore. If you want to wear a mask, ok, if you don't want to wear a mask, ok. Also, COVID mortality is way down. Any concerns about masks or COVID can be relegated to statistical insignificance when it comes to trying to control other people's behavior.

I understand how it works perfectly well. I simply don't give a shit anymore. Society forces is standards on me and I my quality of life is decided by how much richer people like me. I cannot stand living like this. If I get COVID again and die, good. If it spreads to the asshats who determine my mode of life, even better.

TIL some still use face masks

Edit: people have trouble understanding that the world is a big place. I haven't seen a person wear a mask, where I live, for over a year now