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Leith

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23. I still wear a mask

Reply to Demovictory9 (Original post)

Mon Dec 26, 2022, 08:52 PM

Dec 2022

when I go out to where there are people.

We keep hearing about millions of people in China getting covid. Is it so hard to believe that it isn't here? At the very least, it's coming soon. I live in a town built on tourism and crowds (Las Vegas) so it would be crazy not to take precautions.

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The Last Holdouts - What it's like to be one of few still wearing masks [View all] Demovictory9 Dec 2022 OP

Call me one of the 10%! SheltieLover Dec 2022 #1

Same here. wnylib Dec 2022 #21

Same here. GoCubsGo Jan 2023 #36

wears mask in large groups and or when i dont know their vaxx history. AllaN01Bear Dec 2022 #2

I still wear it in crowded places Elessar Zappa Dec 2022 #3

Anytime I'm inside someplace that's not my home Alpeduez21 Dec 2022 #4

Same. we can do it Dec 2022 #17

I still do & am not shy of it. If that bothers other ppl then their bother is bothering me onetexan Dec 2022 #5

Me too. n/t area51 Dec 2022 #29

This article (or at least the headline) conflates two very different responses to COVID Ms. Toad Dec 2022 #6

I wear an N95 indoors everywhere except in wnylib Dec 2022 #22

I'm generally in the same boat as you. Ms. Toad Dec 2022 #31

Right there with you. MOMFUDSKI Dec 2022 #7

If we were living a Rod Serling story the lat holdouts would be wandering ... sanatanadharma Dec 2022 #8

Mask wearing is very accepted here arlyellowdog Dec 2022 #9

Same thing, different day, l am and will continue to be the last mask wearer yaesu Dec 2022 #10

I still wear mine in stores or crowds. I basically ignore everyone judesedit Dec 2022 #11

Three weeks ago, I ended up testing pos for the flu... Mark.b Dec 2022 #12

Kudos to everyone snowybirdie Dec 2022 #13

I still wear mine in stores or where's the a crowd. Deuxcents Dec 2022 #14

I've seen an uptick in mask usage EYESORE 9001 Dec 2022 #15

The few, the proud, the sane. RussBLib Dec 2022 #16

Except for the short periods SickOfTheOnePct Dec 2022 #18

still do; usually the only one around wearing one peacebuzzard Dec 2022 #19

I still wear my mask when i am out in public LetMyPeopleVote Dec 2022 #20

I still wear a mask Leith Dec 2022 #23

China news may encourage people to pull out those masks Demovictory9 Dec 2022 #24

I wear a mask. I didn't wear one in June at a wedding and ended up with Covid in the hospital.., Demsrule86 Dec 2022 #25

I ride the bus and if you've ever smelled someone covered in the own urine, I wear the mask. JuJuChen Dec 2022 #26

I still wear my mask indoors EnergizedLib Dec 2022 #27

I still wear mine. Mr.Bill Dec 2022 #28

I still wear mine if I go inside public places. Also have all GoodRaisin Dec 2022 #30

Good grief "The last holdouts" GenThePerservering Dec 2022 #32

Reasons to wear masks LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2023 #33

Excellent! Thank you. niyad Jan 2023 #35

Amazingly enough, I don't feel lonely. There are quite a few people who are niyad Jan 2023 #34

As more information is discovered, it appears long covid is debilitating. Prairie_Seagull Jan 2023 #37

It's very lonely cally Jan 2023 #38

..😰 Demovictory9 Jan 2023 #39

I Live In The Philadelphia RobinA Jan 2023 #40

Very few masks where I live Shrek Jan 2023 #41