Anti-capitalist. Anti-Imperialist. Care over accumulation. PhD Rice. MA Wisconsin. Opinions are my own. šµšø
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The person in my office who is struggling the most with long covidānever-ending sinus infection, bad āallergies,āno sense of smell, vision problems, hearing problemsāis also the most openly hostile towards me. Most people just ostracize me because of my mask. She HATES me.
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The driver picked me up again this morningā¦wearing his new respirator! š·āš
My public transport ride share driver was wearing a surgical mask. I gave him a spare respirator that I had in my backpack and showed him how to use it. He knows masking is important but thought surgical masks were enough. Small win on my way to work.
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āIāve taken all kinds of vitamins but I still feel like sh*t.ā
Probably just that June flu thatās going around the office. Everybody seems to have it.
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My public transport ride share driver was wearing a surgical mask. I gave him a spare respirator that I had in my backpack and showed him how to use it. He knows masking is important but thought surgical masks were enough. Small win on my way to work.
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May 30
Overheard at work yesterday: āI havenāt been in the office all week. Everyoneās been sickā¦.a couple visits to the ER.ā
Also overheard at work yesterday (from the person whoās been sick the last 8 months): ācan you speak up? My allergies are really bad; I canāt hear.ā
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May 21
Iāve noticed that many of the (maskless) public transit ride share drivers crack open their windows when they see Iām wearing a mask. So on some level they understand the importance of ventilation and clean air.
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May 13
A car almost hit me this morning while I was crossing the street. The driver came to a rolling stop and I yelled āwhat the hell, dude?!ā His window was rolled down so he heard me. He looked at me with a chilling, blank expression and drove away. People are not ok.
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May 12
What public health pretends is the driver of policy: evidence-informed decision making.
What actually drives public health policy: decision-informed evidence making.
Delta getting the quarantine for covid cut to five days should've been a much clearer moment for lots of people: all your public health standards is at the whim of the bosses who want you to die on the clock
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May 11
The coworker who mocked me back in Oct (on my 1st day at my new job) has been constantly ill for the last 6 months. Today theyāre at work complaining of a bad sore throat and cough. And Iām the weirdo because I donāt want to catch whatever āis going aroundā my office perpetually
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Maskless coworker just showed me a text from his adult daughter:
āof all the times Iāve had COVID, this is the worst! Wear a mask!ā
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I snapped a pic of the elusive and extremely rare house sparrow recently.
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I saw 5 other people wearing masks at the supermarket just now. Most Iāve seen in a while. One of the maskers was a woman with an unmasked guy. I assume they were a couple. Seems like the maskless person in this scenario is always a man.
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Apr 29
Iām torn between calling in sick tomorrow because I need a day off and showing up because I donāt want to give one of my smug coworkers an opportunity to say āso you were out sick, huh? Do you STILL think masks work?ā
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Apr 28
Surreal listening to coworkers constantly talk about their/their familyās cascading health problems and never bring up COVID or masking: ALS diagnosis, toddlers constantly sick, sinus infections, POTS symptoms, vision loss, lack of smell. And this is like 10 ppl in earshot of me
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Apr 29
Coworker (who has been in and out of the office due to multiple illnesses and surgeries) just announced that their 49 year-old brother in law died suddenly. This is not normal.
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Apr 29
My public transit ride-share was late so I took uber to my bus stop. Got on the wrong bus, got off, and now taking a 2nd uber to work so Iām not late. 1 hour and $40 wasted. Just so I can go to an office where everyone is sick and do a job that can 100% be done at home. Hate this
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Apr 16
Not masking during an ongoing pandemic is participating in fascism. Regardless of what your stated beliefs are. Itās that simple.
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Apr 15
Iām dreading going to work today. Nothing in particular. Iām just exhausted and worn down being forced to spend 8 hrs/day around vacuous drones who donāt mask, donāt pay attention to whatās going on in the world and donāt seem to be interested in anything beyond their bleak jobs.
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In my work area (25-30 ppl) in a very lg office building: multiple eye surgeries, sinus infection, sinus infection, sinus infection, chronic cough, migraine, ācanāt feel my fingersā, perimenopause, uncontrollable sneezing. These are just the things ppl are talking or I can hear.
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