How is Covid affecting your hobbie?

[KMG]

it has taken me some adjusting to not immediately feel rage when I see people not wearing masks. You not wearing a mask impacts others; that's the thing that people who don't mask, don't realize. You not wearing a mask has killed people, because it prevents susceptible people from going to the hospital. My dad is a lung doctor and he had more than one patient die from being too scared to go to the emergency room because of COVID, and then delaying treatment for their chronic lung conditions until it was too late. Your actions affect people! COVID has just like highlighted how selfish and ignorant people are, to me, to be honest.

Feel rage? That reminds me of the great videos I saw of folks going crazy over another person not wearing a mask. The ones that instead of keeping distance approached the person and got in their face about it. I even saw some turn into assaults. If you want to talk about ignorant people those would be a better conversation, at least more entertaining.

Blaming a person that does not wear a mask for making people fail to seek an ER or get medical treatment they need is pretty out there in my eyes. So I don't wear a mask.....that keeps you from going to the doctor? How? Why? I don't hang out at the ER or doctor's office. So what is the hold up? Could it have been the hype from the media?

I get they may not want to go to a store I may be at maskless but the doctor? I don't get it. That just does not compute and seems rather dumb to me. I do not see how a person could allow fear of another not wearing a mask prevent them from getting medical care. I would do whatever I needed to get care I thought I needed. I am certainly not going to sit at home with failing lungs, or whatever, and do nothing.

I did not prevent anybody from going to see a doctor by not wearing a mask. They had the choice to go and if they decided not to so that is on them. Just like it is on me if I die from covid because I decided to not get the shot. I should not be allowed to blame someone else for my choice.

If you're not fully vaccinated, you have no business not wearing a mask. I still wear one in public, but, it feels like more out of habit now. I'm waiting until I don't feel weird about it.

Habit or because of what people may think about you? I would guess it is more from the stigma those that go without a mask are said to belong to and not wanting to be confused as one of "them."

I would say mask may do something if the people used them correctly but the vast majority don't. My "mask" is not a mask but it was accepted as one. I wore a sun sleeve when I was wearing anything at all. You can see through them so I know it is not actually stopping anything. Yet I guess it made people feel good. With that I never appeared to get covid and I work with many people working with the general public daily. My wife on the other hand was wearing a proper mask and following the guidelines and ended up getting covid. I was not about to make her quarantine from me so I ended up getting it too. I saw it kinda like the chicken pox....let's go ahead and get it over with. She felt tired for a few days, lost taste and smell, and was a little nauseous a few nights. I lost my smell, had some shoulder aches(that could have been my nerve and disc issues in my neck) and ate EVERYTHING in the house. After 3-4 days we were both good and were back at it. My wife had it the worst having to stay trapped with me for two weeks. After having a confirmed case I was done with masks and started living my life. I only went to one store that refused me service. It was a liquor store......like those are special. All they did was loose a customer for good. It was me the clerk and one other customer. I could have easily avoided them and been in and out but when I offered to hold my shirt over my face the clerk said no. Then when I said they would loose my business he said "that's fine." Which it sure was. I will not force anybody to take my money. I went to another store and a maskless clerk helped me and got a hundred bucks. Though I don't wear a mask now I do make a point to try and avoid those in masks as to not make them uncomfortable. I will gladly give you six feet....but return the favor and don't come yelling at me about my life choices.