Do people still wear their masks where you are ?
Toronto here. Restrictions have been lifted but people oh so love their masks still.5
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wildbill83 · 41-45, M
@wildbill83 that's why they get vaccines too which only weaken their bodies. I read that 50-75% of deaths from covid are from vaccines and pneumonia from masks
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@wildbill83 Don't turn it into a pointless political row, please! We see enough of that on SW as it is!
A virus does not respect any person nor any human organisation.
I accept governments of any type and party can make mistakes even if and where I might broadly support them - as can any human organisation - but I value my health and that of those around me rather more than political point-scoring, let alone pro-pandemic campaigners.
If that means I will still wear a mask where and when I decide even though voluntary, I will. And yes, I have been vaccinated against Covid-19 just as I have been against various other diseases; accepting the risk of any intrinsic hazard of the vaccines being considerably lower than the risk of serious illness or even death from the disease.
A virus does not respect any person nor any human organisation.
I accept governments of any type and party can make mistakes even if and where I might broadly support them - as can any human organisation - but I value my health and that of those around me rather more than political point-scoring, let alone pro-pandemic campaigners.
If that means I will still wear a mask where and when I decide even though voluntary, I will. And yes, I have been vaccinated against Covid-19 just as I have been against various other diseases; accepting the risk of any intrinsic hazard of the vaccines being considerably lower than the risk of serious illness or even death from the disease.
wildbill83 · 41-45, M
@ArishMell the thing is though, I'm not the one politicizing it, the people pushing these vaccinations and mandates are.
society is full of shit that people don't need, but people have been brainwashed into thinking they do; you think you're making a choice to wear a mask voluntarily, but the reality is you made no choice; you were fed the lie that you can't survive without one and given limited options.
I had covid back in '19; symptoms were mild, no worse than mild flu or common cold; never wear a mask, never had vaccine... I'm perfectly fine, never caught it again despite repeated exposure to it... that's natural biological immunity, that's the real science... even though I fall into the category of higher risk due to health problems.
people have become too susceptible to being told what is healthy and what isn't by a bunch of pseudoscientists that change their mind every few years; they've become so accustomed to all these silly diets and breathing filtered air that a simplistic lifestyle has become completely foreign to them; the human body is pretty hardy and resilient, it can adapt to almost any environment, but only if you let it...
trying to artificially manipulate it for the sake of convenience only damages it in the long term
society is full of shit that people don't need, but people have been brainwashed into thinking they do; you think you're making a choice to wear a mask voluntarily, but the reality is you made no choice; you were fed the lie that you can't survive without one and given limited options.
I had covid back in '19; symptoms were mild, no worse than mild flu or common cold; never wear a mask, never had vaccine... I'm perfectly fine, never caught it again despite repeated exposure to it... that's natural biological immunity, that's the real science... even though I fall into the category of higher risk due to health problems.
people have become too susceptible to being told what is healthy and what isn't by a bunch of pseudoscientists that change their mind every few years; they've become so accustomed to all these silly diets and breathing filtered air that a simplistic lifestyle has become completely foreign to them; the human body is pretty hardy and resilient, it can adapt to almost any environment, but only if you let it...
trying to artificially manipulate it for the sake of convenience only damages it in the long term
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@wildbill83 Really?
Maybe you and I can say things like that from the lofty luxury of you escaping with only a mild case of "short" Covid, and me escaping either not infected or not noticeably so.....
Maybe you and I can say things like that from the lofty luxury of you escaping with only a mild case of "short" Covid, and me escaping either not infected or not noticeably so.....
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@suzette Well, I don't wish illness on anyone and I hope you do make a full recovery in time; but I still don't agree with the drive to diminish Covid and any attempts to control it.
It won't go away, and it's almost inevitable that in due course another pandemic will appear... and then what do we do?
Covid wasn't the first, nor will it be the last - the very word 'quarantine' used in relation to this one was coined by the Italians centuries ago in their attempts to limit the spread of Bubonic Plague.
It won't go away, and it's almost inevitable that in due course another pandemic will appear... and then what do we do?
Covid wasn't the first, nor will it be the last - the very word 'quarantine' used in relation to this one was coined by the Italians centuries ago in their attempts to limit the spread of Bubonic Plague.
wildbill83 · 41-45, M
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@suzette I read your post as simply saying you have (present tense) Long Covid.
My original point was an appeal to avoid turning a disease into some sort of "political" weapon. Governments around the world had to deal with a fast-spreading, new (to humans) disease in their own ways so obviously that is political to a point; but whatever their methods and means, whatever their mistakes, most were doing the best they could in a situation beyond their experience.
I can see Wildbill's remark about "constant fear"; and yes, there does come a point when we each have to decide the risks for ourselves. Meanwhile, in the UK at least, cases of Covid-19 are rising again.
My original point was an appeal to avoid turning a disease into some sort of "political" weapon. Governments around the world had to deal with a fast-spreading, new (to humans) disease in their own ways so obviously that is political to a point; but whatever their methods and means, whatever their mistakes, most were doing the best they could in a situation beyond their experience.
I can see Wildbill's remark about "constant fear"; and yes, there does come a point when we each have to decide the risks for ourselves. Meanwhile, in the UK at least, cases of Covid-19 are rising again.