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Ace Rothstein

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62. What conspiracy theory crap?

Wed Jul 13, 2022, 09:20 AM

Jul 2022

COVID isn't going anywhere and we aren't going to be able to mask our way out of it or use the current vaccines to put it to an end. How do people still think we can end COVID? Maybe if some better vaccines come out we might have a chance.

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Jeez Louise.. I am back to wearing a mask again.. sigh [View all] Peacetrain Jul 2022 OP

I never stopped Green Line Jul 2022 #1

Well I did for a few weeks.. Peacetrain Jul 2022 #5

yes, so did a lot of people Skittles Jul 2022 #6

Nope RobinA Jul 2022 #68

I never did either. rsdsharp Jul 2022 #16

+1 n/t area51 Jul 2022 #63

Me neither. DemocraticPatriot Jul 2022 #66

you should never have stopped Skittles Jul 2022 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jul 2022 #3

Wellll,,,,, Peacetrain Jul 2022 #59

yet you are wearing ome now Skittles Jul 2022 #79

Right there with you misanthrope Jul 2022 #82

We never stopped (n/t) PJMcK Jul 2022 #4

Never stopped, and even in my little red town, I see plenty of people wearing them. BlackSkimmer Jul 2022 #7

I'm 4 for 4 for people working at my house getting COVID mchill Jul 2022 #8

Take care... maybe we will be more like Japan, and mask wearing just becomes part of our Peacetrain Jul 2022 #13

It was the majority variant mchill Jul 2022 #67

Yep. Watch out. LisaL Jul 2022 #9

Whoa. This got judgy in a hurry. BannonsLiver Jul 2022 #10

and deservedly so NoRethugFriends Jul 2022 #28

What is deservedly so?? Peacetrain Jul 2022 #30

Not wearing a mask was and is a bad idea NoRethugFriends Jul 2022 #57

Well... Peacetrain Jul 2022 #58

COVID Threads RobinA Jul 2022 #69

I went to some funerals a few weeks ago. MissB Jul 2022 #11

Thank you. I never stopped wearing one. LoisB Jul 2022 #12

Never stopped. If everyone could have grown up we'd be over this. we can do it Jul 2022 #14

How do you figure? Ace Rothstein Jul 2022 #29

One word.....masks. we can do it Jul 2022 #31

Plenty of places had mandatory mask wearing, still had COVID. Ace Rothstein Jul 2022 #33

We've had vaccines for a year and a half. we can do it Jul 2022 #34

The variants that have popped up in the last 16 months do quite well at evading vaccines. Ace Rothstein Jul 2022 #60

Masks, and drop the conspiracy theory crap. we can do it Jul 2022 #61

What conspiracy theory crap? Ace Rothstein Jul 2022 #62

Yeah, I'm With You RobinA Jul 2022 #70

I never stopped. sheshe2 Jul 2022 #15

In my dr visit today dweller Jul 2022 #17

I have had my booster and since my original shots were Moderna.. I just went with Moderna Peacetrain Jul 2022 #18

I never took mine off. I'm noticing others wearing masks again, however. Arkansas Granny Jul 2022 #19

I have asthma AG.. and it was such a blessing to have it off in the heat.. Peacetrain Jul 2022 #21

The vaccination rate in my area is still below 50%. That's the main reason I chose Arkansas Granny Jul 2022 #23

I have family in Arkansas.. Peacetrain Jul 2022 #25

I "bonded" with a fellow customer at the shoe store yesterday... Totally Tunsie Jul 2022 #20

Exactly. senseandsensibility Jul 2022 #32

I know, right? Totally Tunsie Jul 2022 #36

it's just too much for selfish fucking assholes Skittles Jul 2022 #45

I never stopped either. bikebloke Jul 2022 #22

Guilty, but I only went without a mask 2 times. Talitha Jul 2022 #24

Yep I only had a few weeks with out the mask.. but with the variant taking off Peacetrain Jul 2022 #27

Never stopped and probably never will. Solomon Jul 2022 #26

Hubby, my daughter, and I never stopped wearing ours when we're out/about. woodsprite Jul 2022 #35

Yep.. it is rearing its ugly head again.. I was just reading the posts and a lot of people never Peacetrain Jul 2022 #37

Why did anyone stop? Grokenstein Jul 2022 #38

Because Covid has largely stopped being a death sentence. maxsolomon Jul 2022 #77

I never stopped wearing my mask in public, MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2022 #39

This !!!! GenThePerservering Jul 2022 #42

Well said. MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2022 #44

I returned from a trip out west and found myself ill. Tested positive for COVID SYFROYH Jul 2022 #40

Despite the assertions of some here, plane travel appears to be a powerful spreader. Ms. Toad Jul 2022 #54

I Got It RobinA Jul 2022 #72

My contention is that the plane is such a concentrated space - Ms. Toad Jul 2022 #73

Think of all the money women have saved on lipstick Wicked Blue Jul 2022 #41

I did stop wearing the KN-95 and went to the paper ChazII Jul 2022 #43

I won't even go into a hospital for tests for that reason. BigmanPigman Jul 2022 #56

Never stopped when I go out in public or teaching. kimbutgar Jul 2022 #46

I never stopped either. royable Jul 2022 #47

I never stopped. niyad Jul 2022 #48

I never stopped either, Peacetrain! pazzyanne Jul 2022 #49

I still wear them wendyb-NC Jul 2022 #50

Had more people been wearing masks all along, Ms. Toad Jul 2022 #51

By pretending, do you mean galavanting around on group trips where a bunch of people get sick? BannonsLiver Jul 2022 #71

That's because you haven't been paying attention, perhaps deliberately. Ms. Toad Jul 2022 #74

I wore an N95 for 15 hours each way to London in May. vanlassie Jul 2022 #52

Never stopped here either but relaxed a bit, one cloth mask for Hortensis Jul 2022 #75

Fingers crossed! vanlassie Jul 2022 #78

Really? Well I never stopped. Catherine Vincent Jul 2022 #53

I have always worn mine and no one is allowed in my apt. BigmanPigman Jul 2022 #55

Never stopped. It's not a burden to me. LuckyCharms Jul 2022 #64

I am super impressed you climb 4 or 5 flights of stairs.. mask or no mask Peacetrain Jul 2022 #65

I've been slipping - sometimes I forget to even carry one. maxsolomon Jul 2022 #76

Me too. Elessar Zappa Jul 2022 #80

I never stopped wearing them because I'm immune compromised, but liberal_mama Jul 2022 #81