I have switched from an N95 mask to an Aura today, well in a few days as I wait for them to arrive. Seeing everyone cough their lungs out in crowded public transit is absolutely horrible and especially cause no one seems to care about that either. Depressing to see I’m one of the only ones wearing a mask in a huge city, at maximum I see one person every few days with a mask, often wearing it incorrectly. Of course I get harassed for it cause “you’re the paranoid one” they say while they had covid 6 times at this point or worse, exposing little kids too, and I’m the one who gets weird looks just because I protect myself. The amount of justifications I have to say to various people to leave me alone is perplexing, I have to either say a person in my family has autoimmune problems (which is true), or that I’m not wanting to get the flu which apparently is a better excuse than Covid for some reason.

  • FishLake@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    I have to either say a person in my family has autoimmune problems (which is true), or that I’m not wanting to get the flu which apparently is a better excuse than Covid for some reason.

    I feel this. My 3-year-old has a heart condition. But apparently I’m not letting their immune system develop properly. We still socialize with peers their age. Just outside. And we’re big on safe boundaries and consent. So I guess I should let other children invade my kid’s personal space and cough directly into their mouth. You see, the virus that’s known to cause heart damage also builds character or something. You wouldn’t want your kids to miss out on the pandemic and be weird, right?