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Hope22

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7. Keep it up.

Reply to Orrex (Original post)

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 09:00 AM

Jan 7

It’s hard but worth the effort. You do you!

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Coworker: "Why do you still wear a mask?" [View all] Orrex Jan 7 OP

Keep masking! SheltieLover Jan 7 #1

I tbi k thr coworker is horrible. Your health and your body is none oftheir business. Trueblue1968 Jan 8 #100

Logic Tesha Jan 7 #2

Why take a chance? Who wants to be sick? walkingman Jan 7 #3

I agree 👍 I still mask up I don't want to be sick 😁 TommieMommy Jan 7 #4

It's so stupid that public health became a political issue with these idiots Walleye Jan 7 #5

Everything is political with that cult. My Ligyron Jan 7 #17

I'm starting to think they have nothing else in their lives if they ever did it's all gone Walleye Jan 7 #19

Why are STOP signs mandatory? LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jan 7 #54

Agreed - so stupid. yellow dahlia Jan 7 #36

I agree completely.. whathehell Jan 7 #59

I quit mine a few years ago because she's an anti vaxxer and wnylib Jan 8 #103

Same with me timewise, although whathehell Jan 8 #105

I was loudly told that "The pandemic is over!", yorkster Jan 7 #6

"And thanks, Joe Biden!" Might have caused him to explode. Nt spooky3 Jan 7 #28

Hahahahahahahahaha!! Callie1979 Jan 7 #64

I just dont understand why anyone CARES if YOU wear one. It has zero effect on them. Callie1979 Jan 7 #33

MYOB! Jean Genie Jan 7 #35

The people driving in a car by themself with a mask on, may have just dropped someone off. yellow dahlia Jan 7 #38

I hadn't thought of that FoxNewsSucks Jan 7 #41

Ventilation - yes. yellow dahlia Jan 7 #42

Yeah, I've gone through a lot of lysol. . . FoxNewsSucks Jan 7 #43

Try putting a mask on and taking it off numerous times radical noodle Jan 7 #86

Well, I specifically mentioned the "highway" because of that. Callie1979 Jan 7 #63

Pollen or road dust. Lots of people with bad allergies benefit from masking, even in a car. Blues Heron Jan 7 #79

If you wear a fitted N95 mask like I do... LuckyCharms Jan 7 #82

My brother pretty much wears a mask 24/7 during TexasBushwhacker Jan 7 #84

I hate breathing really cold air so if the car's really cold, I'll wear my mask till it heats up. -nt CrispyQ Jan 7 #51

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 7 #70

I don't **enjoy** masking - but it is necessary Ms. Toad Jan 7 #74

I occasionally drive a car alone with a mask - Ms. Toad Jan 7 #72

I have a potential answer for why someone is an "alone in the car mask wearer." Chellee Jan 7 #75

Yeah, that is so weird. LisaM Jan 7 #93

Tell that to the people who are getting Covid a couple of times a year, yellow dahlia Jan 7 #37

They think long covid is caused by the VACCINE???? Oh lord. Callie1979 Jan 7 #65

This is the kind of stuff the RW "media" feeds them, yellow dahlia Jan 7 #73

Keep it up. Hope22 Jan 7 #7

Sounds right to me samplegirl Jan 7 #8

Other than that? lonely bird Jan 7 #9

We aren't going to make it are we? Old Crank Jan 7 #10

I'm absolutely shocked that we made it to 2025 Ray Bruns Jan 7 #14

Respect to all who choose to wear a mask--personal choice. Timeflyer Jan 7 #11

I still wear a mask. Clouds Passing Jan 7 #12

"A little extra caution is no big deal"? Katcat Jan 7 #13

Great point! Orrex Jan 7 #88

Very smart and considerate on your part ✊🏼 benfranklin1776 Jan 7 #15

I wear a mask much of the time, especially in winter when flu, colds, and Covid are going around. Lonestarblue Jan 7 #16

Yep. tanyev Jan 7 #22

My favorite bonus: happybird Jan 7 #76

A yr ago I wore a mask from ATL: to LAX Callie1979 Jan 7 #32

Research suggests that a single case of COVID FalloutShelter Jan 7 #18

That must be why Old Crank Jan 7 #34

What? Unladen Swallow Jan 7 #52

Here ya go. FalloutShelter Jan 7 #56

Thank you!!! Unladen Swallow Jan 7 #57

Any time. FalloutShelter Jan 7 #60

holy crap! i'm a "novid" and a big fan of kn95 masks. orleans Jan 7 #92

One could deflect and say "lawyers" Tetrachloride Jan 7 #20

Will Stop Wearing a Mask When... cenacle Jan 7 #21

Reference to "personal choice" above--sorry it offended. Close family member died of COVID, Timeflyer Jan 7 #24

Funny how those in the wrong... cenacle Jan 7 #55

Vent away. yellow dahlia Jan 7 #39

I don't phrase it quite the same way (aside from reacting, as I did above, to someone who claims masks are triggering). Ms. Toad Jan 7 #77

No masking here. Littlered Jan 7 #23

Yes, I know people who are fortunate like that. Orrex Jan 7 #26

Replying to you again. yellow dahlia Jan 7 #40

I told my pulmonologist that I'd had the pneumonia vaccine, so I wouldn't get it. rsdsharp Jan 7 #49

Yeah I get it. Littlered Jan 7 #48

Two words. Long covid. Dem2theMax Jan 7 #78

We had the original Covid vaccine and four boosters and still got Covid for the first time last year. We were down and surfered Jan 7 #27

Are there really still people moreland01 Jan 7 #45

Same. Unladen Swallow Jan 7 #53

Thanks for doing your part Blues Heron Jan 7 #83

Are you testing every mild cold? Ms. Toad Jan 7 #80

Yes I am. Every time I have as much as a sniffle. Littlered Jan 7 #81

Perfect! Ms. Toad Jan 7 #85

"I know way too many people not testing" Exactly. Orrex Jan 7 #96

COVID itself wasn't nightmarish. Just the aftermath. Ms. Toad Jan 7 #97

A few of my customers struggle with long covid Orrex Jan 7 #98

Not sure that would have been any worse. Ms. Toad Jan 7 #99

Wow, Littlered Jan 8 #106

The long COVID has passed - or at least the symptomatic part has. Ms. Toad Jan 8 #107

I totally agree about the bias factor. Littlered Jan 8 #108

I usually say "to protect you from something I might have." surfered Jan 7 #25

Thats really is the best response. Because its the most accurate Callie1979 Jan 7 #30

When my son wore one for work and people asked him why... Orrex Jan 7 #50

"Other than that, Mrs Lincoln, how was the play?" Callie1979 Jan 7 #29

Answer: "Why is it any of your business?" Ocelot II Jan 7 #31

If people confronted me at groceries stores or the like, I'd go for that response Orrex Jan 7 #87

Perhaps that's a bit too snarky for work or customers, but Ocelot II Jan 7 #90

Honestly very few customers make an issue of it Orrex Jan 7 #91

If more people minded their own business, the world would be a much better place. Dulcinea Jan 8 #109

I have had 8 COVID vaccinations and I still wear a mask in public LetMyPeopleVote Jan 7 #44

I still mask when indoors in very crowded areas. Had to fly over the Christmas holidays and I masked up in iluvtennis Jan 7 #46

My wife and I both mask. At the height of covid, I had to go to urgent care. The reason had nothing to do with covid, rsdsharp Jan 7 #47

My wife and I LPBBEAR Jan 7 #58

Why doesn't your coworker mind his own business? nt SunSeeker Jan 7 #61

What stupidity. Unreal. Evolve Dammit Jan 7 #62

You keep doing you for your family. Duncanpup Jan 7 #66

"To help me identify morons" JoseBalow Jan 7 #67

my body , my choice. AllaN01Bear Jan 7 #68

"" AllaN01Bear Jan 7 #69

Post removed Post removed Jan 7 #71

200 recs? Yinz be trippin' Orrex Jan 7 #89

Dr Trump recommends EricAblair Jan 7 #94

But will that protect me from horse-worms? Orrex Jan 7 #95

Some people are f'kn morons. CentralMass Jan 8 #101

I continue to mask in public barbtries Jan 8 #102

I have been lax mgardener Jan 8 #104