Posted on 02/27/2022 10:17:20 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
My mask is not coming off.
COVID-19 has faded, and people who continue to wear masks in public spaces are just neurotic, my husband says. “You look goofy,” he admonishes me.
On Monday, the most onerous COVID-related mandates will fall away. Customers in public spaces will no longer be required to mask up or produce proof of vaccination at restaurants, bars and gyms in Chicago and throughout Illinois.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention loosened its mask guidelines for public indoor spaces on Friday.
I am thrilled the Omicron surge is fading and eager to return to “normal,” whatever that is. But I am not dropping the mask.
I am fully vaxxed and boosted. I am among the lucky ones, having dodged the coronavirus for nearly two years. I am in no hurry to end that streak.
I remain afraid — of those who are not afraid. Those who will recklessly continue to disregard ways to keep us all safe, who refuse to get vaccinated. Those who subscribe to wacky conspiracy theories and foolish notions of freedom.
As a CTA regular, I must continue to endure fellow passengers who insist on riding mask-free, even when free masks are available on buses and trains. The most defiant are among the unvaccinated.
“Folks, be kind and conscious of your fellow neighbors and any decisions they make for themselves to feel comfortable and protected,” Lightfoot advised at the news conference.
That’s a nice sentiment, but in this pandemic, kindness is not always the rule.
COVID is still with us. I will continue to mask up in most spaces and places. For me, “goofy” is the rule.
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This is the kind of emotional nonsense that rules the minds of millions of liberals. They don’t know how to have a rational thought. All they have is hysteria.
58%. LOL - riiiight.
She should have about 15 masks shoved down her gullet till air can’t make its way in. That’s the only way to guarantee a virus cannot enter your airway.
Virtue signaling.
She swallowed the pandemic porn and gulped it down. Maskers should be sent to red states, like Fla, for deprogramming.
Unless they have developed a mental disorder they take the mask off.
When the "mandate" ended it was interesting.
First week, about 10% never wore the masks so nothing changed. About 20% took off their masks. About 70% kept wearing them.
Second week, the number was down to about 40% wearing.
Third week, 10% wearing. And there it has stayed.
What a loon
‘Ridiculing them or making light of their situations which is none of anyone elses business...’
that you, Laura...?
‘I’m just for leaving it to the individual to decide’
that horse left the barn two years ago, in case you hadn’t noticed...
‘Look in the mirror and you will see a fool tricked by propaganda.’
it would probably help if you reread the post to which you respond; carefully, I might add...
I suspect that you cannot tell me to f**k off because your useless mask is in the way.
Go forth in fear manlet.
No, is that you troll?
Or what maskhole? I read it with full comprehension and gave it the response it deserved. Gaffer thinks that masks work and they don't so therefore he is a feminine, virtue-signaling moron.
Just curious, in what city do you live where most everyone was masked?
I think a Burke would hide mode.
She’s a bit wall-eyed.
Auburn Hills.
She is the enemy within. Scared of Freedom.
If you are talking about Auburn Hills, MI then hot and humid summer weather will probably dissuade the holdout maskholes.
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