It's just super frustrating seeing people who are supposedly my brothers and sisters, who I've been there to the hilt, who know that my partner is struggling, who know that I'm terrified. We've gone through the science and racial and class inequalities together and they've voiced how they should mask a hundred times. And then they come to meet me IRL totally fucking unmasked, without even a fucking apology.

Well, if you're "back to normal", I'll sit and watch you eat outside, but I'm not taking my mask off in front of you. I'll wait till you finish your meal, and I'll head home early. If I've complained about no masking two times already, you heard it enough, I'm not going to complain again.

Am I overreacting?

Edit: for those of griping that you're not allowed to do COVID minimisation in this comm. These would be valid answer:

Maybe your friend forgot
Maybe your friend was tired
Maybe your friend was hung over
Your friend made a mistake but you should forgive him
I'm not yet fully covid conscious, but I'm trying
We can't all be perfect. Hopefully they do better next time.

Not acceptable:

Oh here's a tidbit about masks that's been disproven in the science literature 10x already
Oh the chuds and libs aren't masking, and I feel peer pressured

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

From the Guardian Last March

‘Alarming’ rise in Americans with long Covid symptoms

Some 6.8% of American adults are currently experiencing long Covid symptoms, according to a new survey from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), revealing an “alarming” increase in recent months even as the health agency relaxes Covid isolation recommendations, experts say.

That means an estimated 17.6 million Americans could now be living with long Covid.

“This should be setting off alarms for many people,” said David Putrino, the Nash Family Director of the Cohen Center for Recovery From Complex Chronic Illness at Mount Sinai. “We’re really starting to see issues emerging faster than I expected.”

“Debilitating a Generation”: Expert Warns That Long COVID May Eventually Affect Most Americans | Institute for New Economic Thinking

Most people are eventually going to get brain damage from Covid

Long COVID is associated with severe cognitive slowing: a multicentre cross-sectional study - eClinicalMedicine

Covid, long term, seems to pretty much attack whatever weakness you've got. Cancers, Heart Issues, whateer, even stuff like Parkinson's.

COVID survivors may be at a greater risk of Parkinson’s disease–like symptoms in the future, researchers warn. What you need to know to protect your health | Fortune Well

Kids can get Long Covid

Study: Kids with long COVID have impaired exercise capacity | CIDRAP

Dogs (and probably other pets) can get Long Covid and if you check Google News, there's been a mysterious respiratory virus going around amongst dogs that if it wasn't covid related was probably immune disregulation related from covid.

Neurologic Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Transmitted among Dogs - Volume 29, Number 11—November 2023 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC (cw: animal testing)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Very useful resource. I've saved this comment for future use.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Word, there's much, much, much more out there obviously. This is mostly stuff I've posted here before. Raw studies rarely get as much activity as a rage inciting news article trying to erase reality.😅

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I gotta say, you're one of my favourite posters on the covid comm. Thanks for everything you do.

One thing I've really woken up to is how mainstream media twists science research. This is probably obvious to us now, but it still shocks me how boldly the NYTimes and BBC demonstrate that their main job is ideology, not conveying information. We're seeing this now with trans health care, a lot of terrible research is being amplified and good research is being ignored.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Aww, shucks. Welcome and thankya. Means a lot! stalin-heart

Ah, yeah. I've a compsec background so I've always been fascinated by how information flows through the world and when I discovered the concept of manufacturing consent it was like a lightbulb going off. Still haven't read the whole book.😅 But knowing about it and watching the Bolivian coup happen in realtime and how our media and politicians responded to it was a big eye opener for me. And yet! For a hot minute i was still naive enough to think they were gonna do the right thing for Covid.🤦‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I used to love Chomsky, but I think he's really boring now. If you're gonna read Manufacturing Consent, I'd say go Inventing Reality by Parenti instead. He's such a better writer.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Yep, hard agree. Read Inventing Reality a couple years ago. Found an unofficial reprint on Lulu for my bookshelf. stalin-approval