I am so grateful to live in Montana- wide open spaces, definitely not crowded! I 'was' always polite and wore a mask when in a store and I followed the crazy insane rule for restaurants- you know, the one where you mask to enter but Covid somehow disappears when you sit at your table! (Such magical thinking!) Have I ever once masked outd…
I am so grateful to live in Montana- wide open spaces, definitely not crowded! I 'was' always polite and wore a mask when in a store and I followed the crazy insane rule for restaurants- you know, the one where you mask to enter but Covid somehow disappears when you sit at your table! (Such magical thinking!) Have I ever once masked outdoors? No. Have I avoided family and friends? No. I have zero risk factors aside from my age. I am 65. No diabetes, no obesity, no high blood pressure, on zero meds. I will be honest with you- I wasn't worried. In the beginning of the pandemic, yes, of course, we all felt concern. We didn't know what this virus was and yes, it can be very very deadly, especially for the elderly and the ill. My parents are 93 and 89 and vaccinated. Now... why do I say 'was'? I no longer mask for two reasons. First, because our governor has removed the mask mandate. Second, because three weeks before I planned to get the J&J vaccine- I was waiting for it to become available here as I am deathly allergic to certain components of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, I got covid. Not only am I grateful to live in Montana, I'm grateful to have had covid. Yes, I was sick- for two solid weeks. I'm still coughing. But my body is filled with lovely antibodies. I can't give it to you- didn't even give it to my husband and we never separated. And you can't give it to me. Look at it this way- I had chicken pox, mumps and measles as a child. Did I mask forever after? Of course not. I agree with Bari. If you can get vaccinated, do it. If you can't, hopefully herd immunity is on the way, and if you choose not to get any vaccine, I respect your choice. I'm still polite. But I'm done with masking. And I agree 100% with Karen Hunt below. Children should not be wearing masks. Especially not outside. This paranoia is causing terrible psychological damage in vulnerable kids.
I am so grateful to live in Montana- wide open spaces, definitely not crowded! I 'was' always polite and wore a mask when in a store and I followed the crazy insane rule for restaurants- you know, the one where you mask to enter but Covid somehow disappears when you sit at your table! (Such magical thinking!) Have I ever once masked outdoors? No. Have I avoided family and friends? No. I have zero risk factors aside from my age. I am 65. No diabetes, no obesity, no high blood pressure, on zero meds. I will be honest with you- I wasn't worried. In the beginning of the pandemic, yes, of course, we all felt concern. We didn't know what this virus was and yes, it can be very very deadly, especially for the elderly and the ill. My parents are 93 and 89 and vaccinated. Now... why do I say 'was'? I no longer mask for two reasons. First, because our governor has removed the mask mandate. Second, because three weeks before I planned to get the J&J vaccine- I was waiting for it to become available here as I am deathly allergic to certain components of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, I got covid. Not only am I grateful to live in Montana, I'm grateful to have had covid. Yes, I was sick- for two solid weeks. I'm still coughing. But my body is filled with lovely antibodies. I can't give it to you- didn't even give it to my husband and we never separated. And you can't give it to me. Look at it this way- I had chicken pox, mumps and measles as a child. Did I mask forever after? Of course not. I agree with Bari. If you can get vaccinated, do it. If you can't, hopefully herd immunity is on the way, and if you choose not to get any vaccine, I respect your choice. I'm still polite. But I'm done with masking. And I agree 100% with Karen Hunt below. Children should not be wearing masks. Especially not outside. This paranoia is causing terrible psychological damage in vulnerable kids.