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Jess Pachler's avatar

Now that we have experienced Covid in our home, it is even more apparent how insane the government's current response is. It basically begs us to get infected, and to spread the disease. And the thing is, prevention isn'y hard - masks work. I spent a week in a covid hospital room with my dad and did not get covid - i masked, i washed my hands, i was careful. We have had a covid positive person in our house and, so far and knocking on all the wood, it hasn't spread (although I am waiting for the shoe to drop) - but we masked, we isolated, we tested - and test everyday, we have been careful. It's not hard - it feels like common sense. I just don't understand the 'offiical' guidelines, which seem to be encouraging disease spread. Teachers don't get days off for quarantine but use their already not enough sick days, masks are not required and barely encouraged, testing after the initial test is not encouraged (because you may test positive again... and then you would know you are contagious and stop spreading??? it makes no sense)

And when you do follow common sense protocols - you almost feel crazy, like you're being extreme.

sigh.

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Adele Stafford's avatar

As a person with Long Covid, I find this even more reprehensible. Even my closest friends who love and support me run about unmasked in crowded public stores and are adamant about their children having the 'freedom' to roam free of masking. Our world has grown increasingly smaller as we mitigate the very serious long term effects of this virus and the commitment to not becoming reinfected. I was vaxxed and boosted when I caught Omicron in June. Yes, vaccines and therapeutics must catch up but social distancing and masking are SO easy as a collective response to caring about our community. Befuddled.

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