I hear ya, betsuni. (Reply #145) - Democratic Underground

In the discussion thread: I still wear a mask, do you? [View all]

Fri Jul 22, 2022, 05:29 PM

sheshe2 (79,454 posts)

145. I hear ya, betsuni.

The US can indeed be a nightmare. I am like you, not sick for years only a few off days after the shots, which is a small price to pay.

Ha! I caught the movie Contagion on Netflix...it was exactly what happened here. The movie was made in 2011. We knew it was coming.

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156 replies	Author	Time	Post
I still wear a mask, do you? [View all]	sheshe2	Jul 2022	OP
I sure do	Hekate	Jul 2022	#1
My wife and I still wear ours.	Mr.Bill	Jul 2022	#2
MY SPOUSE & I WEAR MASKS.	Trueblue1968	Jul 2022	#3
With BA.5 coming on? Of course!	Another Jackalope	Jul 2022	#4
This message was self-deleted by its author	Another Jackalope	Jul 2022	#5
Yep.	yonder	Jul 2022	#6
Yes.	FM123	Jul 2022	#7
Never stopped.	rogue emissary	Jul 2022	#8
Yes	strongermessage	Jul 2022	#9
Yes.	onecaliberal	Jul 2022	#10
Yes	Yonnie3	Jul 2022	#11
Yes.	GP6971	Jul 2022	#12
Never stopped	electric_blue68	Jul 2022	#13
I've never stopped	EnergizedLib	Jul 2022	#14
I wear a mask and will continue to do so, maybe for the rest of my life.	MerryHolidays	Jul 2022	#15
yes n/t	ariadne0614	Jul 2022	#16
Yes	Biophilic	Jul 2022	#17
I do.	Nevilledog	Jul 2022	#18
Yes.	yardwork	Jul 2022	#19
Yes indeedy!	50 Shades Of Blue	Jul 2022	#20
Yes - never stopped.	Totally Tunsie	Jul 2022	#21
Thank God I'm out of my public facing job	XanaDUer2	Jul 2022	#22
Unless I'm at home, in the car or in alone in my office at work, mask is always on.	Torchlight	Jul 2022	#23
You betcha	lamp_shade	Jul 2022	#24
Never stopped, even though I am severely claustrophobic, and it is HOT here.	niyad	Jul 2022	#25
Yes	eleny	Jul 2022	#26
Sometimes.	Jirel	Jul 2022	#27
Yes. I mask indoors in the public. I'm double vaxxed and double boosted.	Greybnk48	Jul 2022	#28
No	SickOfTheOnePct	Jul 2022	#29
lol, ok	USALiberal	Jul 2022	#46
Same.	beaglelover	Jul 2022	#51
Same Here	RobinA	Jul 2022	#137
Sure do!	chowder66	Jul 2022	#30
I've varied, but have traveled	mcar	Jul 2022	#31
Yes...wear the damn mask 😷	ashredux	Jul 2022	#32
I never stopped wearing my mask in public,	MarineCombatEngineer	Jul 2022	#33
Good for you!	sheshe2	Jul 2022	#55
Yes I do and I still got COVID last month!	William769	Jul 2022	#34
Oh no!	sheshe2	Jul 2022	#49
3 day hospital stay because of my kidney disease.	William769	Jul 2022	#64
Damn.	sheshe2	Jul 2022	#102
You too.	William769	Jul 2022	#106
What kind of mask were you wearing?	liberal_mama	Jul 2022	#114
I don't know.	William769	Jul 2022	#117
N95 is the best one.	sheshe2	Jul 2022	#121
I know it wasn't a N95	William769	Jul 2022	#134
My eyesight stinks...	sheshe2	Jul 2022	#139
Not a problem.	William769	Jul 2022	#140
Yes, but I'm having second thoughts.	Lasher	Jul 2022	#35
I hear you. It's frustrating.	AleksS	Jul 2022	#39
My dentist has two employees who refuse to wear a mask.	Lasher	Jul 2022	#48
Yes, but I'm usually the only one	AleksS	Jul 2022	#36
Always when out and about (and at work)	indigovalley	Jul 2022	#37
Yes. Never stopped	Deuxcents	Jul 2022	#38
+1 n/t	area51	Jul 2022	#87
Mostly no.	maxsolomon	Jul 2022	#40
Yes.	sinkingfeeling	Jul 2022	#41
Yes	Wild blueberry	Jul 2022	#42
"out of respect for each other"	sheshe2	Jul 2022	#116
yes	Skittles	Jul 2022	#43
Yes, but we also still avoid going where other people are as much as possible.	NullTuples	Jul 2022	#44
Yes, whenever I am with other people, or I go to the store. It ain't that hard to wear one. Continue	Stuart G	Jul 2022	#45
I went to the hospital pharmacy today. They do not let you in the hospital without one	cutroot	Jul 2022	#47
Most of the time	DownriverDem	Jul 2022	#50
Since Feb, 2020.	SheltieLover	Jul 2022	#52
I wear one in stores and other indoor public places.	TNNurse	Jul 2022	#53
I'm in Florida, so YES.	ancianita	Jul 2022	#54
Yep	PXR-5	Jul 2022	#56
I do and have no plans to stop.	barbtries	Jul 2022	#57
Yep! EVERY time we go out. Even if it's only to a drive-thru.	calimary	Jul 2022	#58
I still wear my mask when i am out in public	LetMyPeopleVote	Jul 2022	#59
Yes. I had to take someone to the barber and no one in the	MerryBlooms	Jul 2022	#60
Yep. Went to event tonight. Family was one of the few masking(less than 5%). They don't care at all.	Evolve Dammit	Jul 2022	#61
Yes, when visiting my hair stylist.	ecstatic	Jul 2022	#62
Yes	Stinky The Clown	Jul 2022	#63
Yep! I never stopped wearing masks all year round.	DippyDem	Jul 2022	#65
Out in public, yeah, you bet	Warpy	Jul 2022	#66
Yup!	Going to Canada	Jul 2022	#67
Yes. I caught COVID anyway.	Auggie	Jul 2022	#68
I never stopped.	Going to Canada	Jul 2022	#69
Yup!!	drumpfsucks	Jul 2022	#70
Not consistently.	BlueTsunami2018	Jul 2022	#71
Yes, I still wear a mask. Thanks for asking.	MyMission	Jul 2022	#72
no	jcgoldie	Jul 2022	#73
I've started wearing a mask again	perdita9	Jul 2022	#74
si. all shots ( 4) plus mild case of covid in jan this year.	AllaN01Bear	Jul 2022	#75
Yep!	blueinredohio	Jul 2022	#76
Yes.	c-rational	Jul 2022	#77
Absolutely	Siwsan	Jul 2022	#78
Have since March 2020. n/t	TygrBright	Jul 2022	#79
Wow, we're in a minority.	Treefrog	Jul 2022	#80
Yes. Around everyone except my husband.	RockCreek	Jul 2022	#81
YES ..Senior with a Senior hubby who had a heart attack March 2020..	Tikki	Jul 2022	#82
Yes!	JoeOtterbein	Jul 2022	#83
Yes, n/t	ChazII	Jul 2022	#84
Yes! YES!! YES!!!	Silver Gaia	Jul 2022	#85
Absolutely.	MontanaMama	Jul 2022	#86
My Boston friend said President Biden was just in MA	Laura PourMeADrink	Jul 2022	#88
OMG, Biden's spreading Covid in MA!	betsuni	Jul 2022	#127
That story never evoked that responses in my mind??	Laura PourMeADrink	Jul 2022	#153
No - I fully respect the rights of others to continue masking, but I quit wearing one when my	Midwestern Democrat	Jul 2022	#89
Based on what??	USALiberal	Jul 2022	#92
Sometimes, not very often.	PoindexterOglethorpe	Jul 2022	#90
Hell yes.	Orrex	Jul 2022	#91
Yes! I don't care how many people stare at me. This lady got on my nerves	helpisontheway	Jul 2022	#93
We do too	mgardener	Jul 2022	#94
No, have not done so since the mandates were dropped locally	Tarc	Jul 2022	#95
I still wear a mask & the other day I noticed a few other people wearing one.	appleannie1	Jul 2022	#96
When ever i am in public, as i am not a maskhole	jO456	Jul 2022	#97
I never stopped.	piddyprints	Jul 2022	#98
No	Calculating	Jul 2022	#99
Yes I do	Rebl2	Jul 2022	#100
Yep, whenever I go indoors or crowded places.	sakabatou	Jul 2022	#101
Yes indeed, I never stopped.	MLAA	Jul 2022	#103
Yes! nt	pazzyanne	Jul 2022	#104
Yep.	catbyte	Jul 2022	#105
Everywhere I don't know everyone is vaxxed	JT45242	Jul 2022	#107
Big N95 (I have a big beard) whenever indoors in public, stores etc.	Cheezoholic	Jul 2022	#108
Pardon me, but...	PhoenixRisingAgain	Jul 2022	#126
I wear a mask	llashram	Jul 2022	#135
Absolutely. Not even a debate about it	relayerbob	Jul 2022	#109
I still wear a mask in public for three reasons:	MurrayDelph	Jul 2022	#110
Great reasons!!!	sheshe2	Jul 2022	#111
Nope	MinisterPathos	Jul 2022	#112
Not since last Thanksgiving	Shrek	Jul 2022	#113
I never stopped wearing them because I'm immune compromised and I live in a county in New York that	liberal_mama	Jul 2022	#115
Only when in a medical facility.	Ace Rothstein	Jul 2022	#118
I am, but....	usedtobedemgurl	Jul 2022	#119
Yes	krawhitham	Jul 2022	#120
😷	dweller	Jul 2022	#122
I wear one	PlutosHeart	Jul 2022	#123
Yes. Never stopped.	GoodRaisin	Jul 2022	#124
Always. I have nightmares that I'm in the States and inside somewhere, like an elevator	betsuni	Jul 2022	#125
I hear ya, betsuni.	sheshe2	Jul 2022	#145
I stopped wearing one once the mandates ended, but now...	Violet_Crumble	Jul 2022	#128
Just now on CNN	sheshe2	Jul 2022	#144
Yes!	catrose	Jul 2022	#129
No	Kaleva	Jul 2022	#130
In the Never Stopped camp.	Liberal In Texas	Jul 2022	#131
Yes. No plans to stop. I don't mind the mask at all.	TheBeam19	Jul 2022	#132
Yes. Never stopped wearing it and I don't think I ever will given how	Solomon	Jul 2022	#133
I do.	Control-Z	Jul 2022	#136
Been There, Somewhat	RobinA	Jul 2022	#138
Radiation sucked so bad.	Control-Z	Jul 2022	#142
Yes, I do	Catherine Vincent	Jul 2022	#141
I'm in Scotland. Yes, I do.	Emrys	Jul 2022	#143
No.	Celerity	Jul 2022	#146
It depends	Patton French	Jul 2022	#147
No, I haven't	ForgedCrank	Jul 2022	#148
That is why the map they showed on CNN...	sheshe2	Jul 2022	#149
Yes, N95s. nt	LAS14	Jul 2022	#150
Never stopped.	Iggo	Jul 2022	#151
Yes -	Ms. Toad	Jul 2022	#152
I stopped wearing one regularly when the mask mandate was lifted in Illinois.	ShazzieB	Aug 2022	#154
I wear a KN95 when I go out.	sheshe2	Aug 2022	#155
I have KN95s, too.	ShazzieB	Aug 2022	#156

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