Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[aart]

She was the healthiest of the family.

Was she vaccinated and boosted?
Condolences to you and your family.

 

[BullChick]

Yes, she was.

 

[Folly's place]

So sorry.
Mary

 

[Nyhillbillies]

I am very sorry for your loss! I lost a mother-in-law about a year ago. She was vaccinated & boosted.

I just spotted this thread and would like to say…

This has been a very strange couple of years since the thread & Covid started. There are things I like and hate about it:

Like: telemedicine! Cleanliness! Masks!

Hate: Deaths! civil unrest! Lack of leadership! Vaccines that aren’t!

I am a health care provider - on the front line since before day 1 of Covid. I still wear a mask in public.

 

[Brooks_]

This is not to be combative or otherwise argumentative. For HR reasons I can't ask anyone at work. I am genuinely curious.

I still wear a mask in public

Do you plan to wear it for life? If not, what metric needs to be met?

 

[Nyhillbillies]

This is not to be combative or otherwise argumentative. For HR reasons I can't ask anyone at work. I am genuinely curious.

Do you plan to wear it for life? If not, what metric needs to be met?

Glad you asked! For the foreseeable future, I am very happy to mask up. The ‘average’ American is very sickly in general.

Also, Folks aren’t covering their mouths when coughing or sneezing and no longer distancing.

I haven’t had a cold or flu in 2 years.

 

[Nyhillbillies]

P.S. I sometimes get strange looks when I’m the only one in the grocery store wearing a mask. Until they see my scrubs. Then, they give a look of relief….

 

[Folly's place]

I wear a mask too, and also haven't had a cold in two years. Covid, I've had twice, probably while not masked all the time at work. All those asymtomatic carriers! And thanks to those vaccines, i haven't been super sick either time. Not a sure thing, as we've seen, but still safer for many of us.
mary

 

[Brooks_]

P.S. I sometimes get strange looks when I’m the only one in the grocery store wearing a mask. Until they see my scrubs. Then, they give a look of relief….

Again not combative, but a couple points/questions.

I live outside of a hospital town and see "scrubs" often - most are not masked. And if wearing scrubs home means they probably wore scrubs to work. So, petting dogs/dropping kids at school/stopping at coffee shop/getting breakfast. Any combination of those things while wearing scrubs and taking all those germs to the health care center. No wonder we are sick as a society.

 

[BullChick]

Again not combative, but a couple points/questions.

I live outside of a hospital town and see "scrubs" often - most are not masked. And if wearing scrubs home means they probably wore scrubs to work. So, petting dogs/dropping kids at school/stopping at coffee shop/getting breakfast. Any combination of those things while wearing scrubs and taking all those germs to the health care center. No wonder we are sick as a society.

I was reading something unrelated to Covid yesterday. A few nurses were saying they have to supply their own scrubs, and change at home. A lot chimed in saying they have hospital supplied scrubs, and shower/change there.