Mask fatigue - Page 3

teganslaw · ‎03-11-2010

@just bee wrote:
I'm a psychiatric nurse and, frankly, I'm more concerned about what this is doing to our minds rather than the actual virus itself.

I'm not a nurse, but I agree with this statement. The mindset of some can be just as bad as the virus itself.

"The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog."

Mark Twain

CalminHeart · ‎03-09-2010

@SaggingGal wrote:
Do you find you are getting lax about Covid protocol?Would you mask up inside for two weeks to be safe?

I admit, I am beyond disgusted with people who don't wear masks or socially distance or get the vaccine. They are why the pandemic is worse in the U.S. than elsewhere.

I would have asked them if they wanted masks. I keep some disposable ones handy. Too bad if they don't like it.

I find it selfish & immoral for someone to ignore science. It's not all about the individual and what they want/don't want. What they do or don't do affects everyone they are around.

Mominohio · ‎08-08-2010

I know your fear is real. I understand all the effort you have gone through to protect yourself all these many months. In the beginning I was doing all you described, and even much more. None of it mattered, I got the virus anyway.

I personally think you are over reacting. I think those who locked themselves away so deeply have lost some level of touch with reality, I know that was happening to me in the initial 6 months or so of the virus.

Yes, people are sick, people have died. But at the vaccination point you both are, I really think that the odds are with you not against you.

What we are creating with so many people having been so isolated, is making people mentally unwell, afraid, and not exposed to normal germs for so long, that they are bound to get sick in some fashion when they assimilate into society, even if only with colds, flu, or other viruses.

At some point, most people are going to have to get back out there, take some chances, and you guys are almost there. An outdoor visit like this, I believe, was a really good way to get started in trying to resemble some normalcy.

It really was up to the two of you to dictate behavior on your property and in your presence. If this is all so critical to your situation, you should have spoken up. I know that expecting a husband to do it can be a joke, as mine isn't really concerned with this whole thing at the same level I have been, and certainly not that the media has led us to believe we should be.

Masking up inside with just your husband is probably overkill. Unless you can use separate beds, bathrooms, kitchens, and not be within 6 feet of each other the entire two weeks, it seems futile.

You both should have some level of antibodies from just the first shot. I do sincerely understand your anxiety. I do sincerely understand how close you were to what they are tellling us is 'over' it all, with having the second vaccine.

The reality though is that these vaccines don't stop us from getting the virus or from transmitting it.They just keep up from getting so sick from it. So in my way of thinking, you are already 80% or more of the way to the protection you will have, and have taken so little risk with this all this time, that your chances of having caught the virus from this one encounter is really so very small.

I would just encourage you to not get so stressed about this, as I think it will just make your reactions to this second shot worse. I do hope you feel better soon.

caroln242 · ‎02-25-2020

Just to lighten things up a little, here's demonstration on how to wear a mask!

Man plans. God laughs.

Roscoe the Rascal · ‎04-19-2016

@caroln242 wrote:
Just to lighten things up a little, here's demonstration on how to wear a mask!

Cute. My hubby and I laughed. We lost our lab a year ago. Animals are the best therapy for any situation. Thanks for the smile.

RedTop · ‎09-01-2010

I agree with how sad it is for you to be this scared after getting both shots.

CelticCrafter · ‎03-09-2010

@RedTop wrote:
I agree with how sad it is for you to be this scared after getting both shots.

I have a friend like the OP. She has not been off her front porch for a year now. Everything gets delivered to them and left at the front door.

She wouldn't let her daughter, who lives in the apartment upstairs, into the basement to get the Christmas decorations and leave them on the porch for her.

She's wary of the vaccine because of the unknown long term effects and still isn't sure if she wants it or not even though she has medical issues and probably should get it.

It is really sad.

Kalli · ‎03-11-2010

@RedTop wrote:
I agree with how sad it is for you to be this scared after getting both shots.

@RedTop She’s not completed her 2 week post second vaccine waiting period so she’s concerned. Once that time is completed I have a feeling she’ll feel safer.

LTT1 · ‎03-09-2010

I would mask up...why stop now? That’s my theory anyway.

~Have a Kind Heart, Fierce Mind, Brave Spirit~

Zhills · ‎11-15-2011

I don't think her fear is totally unfounded. At my age, should I get Covid, my chance of recovery is slim.

Even if you recover, after staying in bed and sedentary so long, life escapes you! I found that out after a 5 month battle and surgery for Diverticulitis! Life had never been the same. You don't get your strength back so you can "enjoy" the things you did before!

Unfortunately, everyone can't take the supplements. I won't say they don't help, just can't 'stomach' them!

I can do probiotics!

I will wear a mask and I will offer you one to wear!

I don't want the battle of Covid-19!