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

[BigBlueHen53]

Today I had to sing happy birthday to my sister, masked and from across the lawn. She hasn't left her house for anything but groceries/caring for my equally sequestered father since March. I brought her small cheesecake and some gifts. If she gets COVID she will die. She doesn't have any immune system. Her condition is *actually* covered by the ADA but she's still put at risk every day. It's not like she can just NOT get groceries.

She's hoping she'll be able to go with our 80 year old father to a local park to see a comet tonight. He had a stroke late last year. If a single person in the park is unmasked and refuses to stay a large distance away she'll probably have to take him home. They won't be able to move quickly to avoid being close to potential carriers since he can't walk very quickly. He hasn't left home since March either.

My other sister is wondering if she'll have to homeschool her two children this year. One of them was born very late and has some chronic health conditions that could put him at risk. He's 3 years old. She doesn't want him to get sick because it could kill him even if it just came home with his older brother.

A friend of mine, his wife has a serious spinal condition. He was out shopping and asked someone to step back from him and put on a mask. The other man bragged about it being his ADA right to not wear a mask (it's actually not because the law says you only have to offer services if they're not a hazard and you can offer alternative services like curbside pickup) and nobody got to dictate his life. Friend pointed out that if the man without a mask had COVID his wife would probably die. The response was literally "Sucks to be you".

My partners sister had to go to the hospital for non-covid reasons. She had severe blood clots in her lungs and was dying. My partner could not have gone to see her. He cannot travel because around 10 people a day walk into his grocery job unmasked. He would never be allowed to see her if he visited. - not even through glass. He spent hours crying as his sister slowly, and very barely, pulled through. She will be on medication for at least six months and isn't out of the woods yet. But he still can't go see her - his very existence is a risk to her life because people are trying to refuse to wear masks to the grocery store for a whopping 30 minutes where I live.

TSC one county over had every single employee wearing their mask wrong in the whole store. Someone came up to my partner while we were getting chicken food and demanded he help them with their shopping. When told that my partner wasn't an employee the guy said "Then why are you wearing a mask!?". Partner was just speechless and asked the man to step back and leave him alone. Getting animal feed is a harrowing experience right now.

The lack of respect for a mask request has resulted in a mask mandate state wide starting today. I'm grateful for it, the governor has a right to see it enforced by law in our state, but TBH it's too little too late. Cases have been spiking for weeks. Luckily businesses that refuse service to clients claiming ADA are within their right to do so since the ADA only covers you if you're not otherwise creating a health/safety hazard AND they can't offer alternatives (such as takeout or curbside pickup). Which if you're unmasked you fall under the definition of being a health/safety hazard. So small businesses more worried about safety than money are somewhat safer right now.

I certainly wish whether or not I had to wear a mask while dining at a restaurant while I had perfectly good food at home or from curbside grocery was my worst COVID experience. But all of this has gone down in the last two weeks. :T It's just the tip of the iceberg.

Also two confirmed cases at my partners work at the beginning of the month. And one at one of my closest friends apartment building.

My heart hurts for you and your loved ones, CM.

 

[ChocolateMouse]

I'm sorry you have such selfish and ignorant buttheads around where you live. Glad you could sing to your sister, even from a distance, and I am glad you checked in here. It's good to see you again.

Thank you. I decided to leave once someone I knew and cared about died from the virus months ago. (People were still saying "It's just a flu" "It won't effect me" etc.) I am ready to hit people over the head with a club for their ignorance and false bravado. I have no respect for people who think wearing a mask is anything but their duty to others. It's a terribly selfish attitude and it gets worse the further out into the countryside I go, every time I have to deal with someone involved with rabbits or chickens. One lady this week told me I should take my mask OFF when I went to get a rabbit. I can't handle reading it constantly on here too. :T But I check in once in a while.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I'm sorry, I could not help myself. A picture of a wild haired woman covered in almond milk while looking around for a paper towel made me snort laughing.

No, not a paper towel. A helpful person in a blue vest. Erm, ... 'scuse me ... I'm really soryy, but, ah, could I get a clean up on Aisle 7, please? And yes, I imagine the kids manning the security cams were rocking, watching me.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Thank you. I decided to leave once someone I knew and cared about died from the virus months ago. I am ready to hit people over the head with a club for their ignorance and false bravado. I have no respect for people who think wearing a mask is anything but their duty to others. It's a terribly selfish attitude and it gets worse the further out into the countryside I go, every time I have to deal with someone involved with rabbits or chickens. One lady this week told me I should take my mask OFF when I went to get a rabbit. I can't handle reading it constantly on here too. :T But I check in once in a while.

Those seem to be in the minority, I think. Most of us are looking out for you and for one another.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Those seem to be in the minority, I think. Most of us are looking out for you and for one another.

And I am very sorry for your losses.

 

[SnapdragonQ]

Thank you. I decided to leave once someone I knew and cared about died from the virus months ago. (People were still saying "It's just a flu" "It won't effect me" etc.) I am ready to hit people over the head with a club for their ignorance and false bravado. I have no respect for people who think wearing a mask is anything but their duty to others. It's a terribly selfish attitude and it gets worse the further out into the countryside I go, every time I have to deal with someone involved with rabbits or chickens. One lady this week told me I should take my mask OFF when I went to get a rabbit. I can't handle reading it constantly on here too. :T But I check in once in a while.

I can certainly understand the reluctance to hang with rude online people as they abound as much as IRL. Your absence was noted and just know you have love and support from the good eggs on BYC even if you're just hanging low. My condolences on your loss.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

People not wearing masks puts others' lives at risk. In a lingering, painful death. How is that not violence?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I'm removing myself from this thread for a while. I'm thoroughly disgusted. By the troll. Bye.

 

[ChocolateMouse]

Shame on you, dog. You deserve nothing else.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Leave it, @ChocolateMouse. This is the very definition of a troll! He is taking delight in mocking your pain. I'm going to report him. His cruelty is flat-out criminal. Go find something to do that isn't painful. Find another thread at least. I've had it with this jerk.