Wearing a mask was easier when I was supposed to wear one. It meant I was supporting the medical recommendations that we need to social distance, mask up, and get vaccinated. Even if I did not live up to my mask, I was comfortable with what it stood for. But now Joe Biden let us take our masks off. Out of habit, I find myself grabbing a mask when I go out for a jog. Now I cannot figure out who I am. Without a mask I could be vaccinated or I could be a Covid-19 denier. I know I am the former but who am I to others? Do I need to wear a Fauci T-shirt or a Biden hat? And if I do wear a mask, who am I? Somebody really sick with lung problems out jogging? Someone who believes vaccinations are not good enough? Just a doofus? Life has gotten really complicated since we divided ourselves so rigidly. Or maybe we always did that but I have just gotten more confused as I have grown elderly.
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That’s true. I mean wearing a mask is a safer choice. Even after the vaccination, there’s a risk that people can test positive if in contact with too many people, like Bill Maher for example.
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Geoff, so much judgement flying about. May we all find our ease soon. x
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I, for one, am a mask wearer, not because I’m a denier but because I have been slack about getting shot after seeing how my wife reacted to it. I will miss the masks, though. This morning my boss told me to do something and I was aggravated but I could stick out my tongue with impunity. I will have to go back to keeping my thoughts to myself.
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Now that’s funny.
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Doofus seems to fit best.
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Autocorrect is out of control. Doofus was supposed to be “Dude.”
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I was reading an article the other day Geoff where the writer suggested a trend had developed for mask wearers to continue wearing their masks as it allowed them to develop a new anon identity which allowed for no societal expectations.
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I am old enough that a mask actually improves my looks but I do not like that I am harder to understand when I speak with a mask on.
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Same here, my voice becomes a garbled mess. I hate the way masks make me hyper sensitive on my face.
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We have always been the complicated ones.
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And in a new twist, some anti-maskers are now wearing masks because they believe the vaccine has been designed to be shed like the virus to immunize other people.
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Truth continues to be stranger than fiction.
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Oh, you are spot on with this! I overthink everything, and this mask-wearing issue has me in a tizzy now that all restrictions have been lifted in Ohio. I thought about have a t-shirt made with “I am not a maskhole. I believe in science. I am fully vaccinated” printed on it.
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