I just keep thinking back to 2014-2016, when my then-elementary schooler had cancer and was immunocompromised. No one - not even her team of world-renowned oncologists - suggested we “mask up” outside the hospital.
I just keep thinking back to 2014-2016, when my then-elementary schooler had cancer and was immunocompromised. No one - not even her team of world-renowned oncologists - suggested we “mask up” outside the hospital.
I had a very similar experience in 2015 with my daughter with cancer. When she went back to school, while still in treatment and with a weakened immune system, no one told her to wear a mask, and no one asked her classmates to wear one to « protect » her; a nurse just came into class to explain the situation and the other children’s parents were asked to inform me in case their child had the flu or another contagious disease so I could keep my daughter home then. My daughter’s condition and protection wasn’t her classmates or other’s responsability, but ours, and it made perfet sense. I can’t understand why, 5 years later, everything is done backwards, people are asked to mask or get jabbed « to protect others », children’s are asked to protect their grandparents or accused of killing them… This is insane.
Yes! That’s how my girl’s school handled it, too. Not a mask in sight, either. There were unvaccinated kids at my girl’s school in 2014-2016, and not only were they not required to be vaccinated, but we weren’t even allowed to know who they were! I hope your girl is OK - mine had ETP ALL and is almost 7 years OT.
My daughter is fine too, she had APL, her treatment worked very well and she’s been in remission for 7 years. I’m sure the way things were handled, with the opportunity she was given to resume normal careless child life as soon as possible amongst family and friends (instead of being surrounded by fear, like what was offered to people these past 3 years) played a big role in her recovery…
💯 We went to Disney World for her Make A Wish - no masks, of course. She discovered a love for roller coasters and met every princess. She’s a very social kid - has been a extrovert from Minute 1. The kind of cancer she had is very aggressive, and it’s hard to get into and stay in remission. She did it, but if she had to stay isolated and everyone was “masked up”? I don’t think the outcome would have been as good.
As someone who wore an N95 on many occasions and never cared if anyone else wore a mask, this is the exact argument I made 3 months into the pandemic. Dozens of instances of visiting nursing homes during flu season and relatives with cancer and never once heard about masks.
The Democrats I was arguing with just insisted I was wrong even though everyone knew I was right and they were just gaslighting me.
You really have to stop to think what a scumbag you have to be to do that. To just lie to someone’s face when you are proven wrong. Not arguing around it. Just straight up lying. I’m not a particularly good person and I would never do that. I wouldn’t be able to live with myself.
I just keep thinking back to 2014-2016, when my then-elementary schooler had cancer and was immunocompromised. No one - not even her team of world-renowned oncologists - suggested we “mask up” outside the hospital.
I had a very similar experience in 2015 with my daughter with cancer. When she went back to school, while still in treatment and with a weakened immune system, no one told her to wear a mask, and no one asked her classmates to wear one to « protect » her; a nurse just came into class to explain the situation and the other children’s parents were asked to inform me in case their child had the flu or another contagious disease so I could keep my daughter home then. My daughter’s condition and protection wasn’t her classmates or other’s responsability, but ours, and it made perfet sense. I can’t understand why, 5 years later, everything is done backwards, people are asked to mask or get jabbed « to protect others », children’s are asked to protect their grandparents or accused of killing them… This is insane.
Total insanity but then I think America has gone over the edge
Yes! That’s how my girl’s school handled it, too. Not a mask in sight, either. There were unvaccinated kids at my girl’s school in 2014-2016, and not only were they not required to be vaccinated, but we weren’t even allowed to know who they were! I hope your girl is OK - mine had ETP ALL and is almost 7 years OT.
My daughter is fine too, she had APL, her treatment worked very well and she’s been in remission for 7 years. I’m sure the way things were handled, with the opportunity she was given to resume normal careless child life as soon as possible amongst family and friends (instead of being surrounded by fear, like what was offered to people these past 3 years) played a big role in her recovery…
💯 We went to Disney World for her Make A Wish - no masks, of course. She discovered a love for roller coasters and met every princess. She’s a very social kid - has been a extrovert from Minute 1. The kind of cancer she had is very aggressive, and it’s hard to get into and stay in remission. She did it, but if she had to stay isolated and everyone was “masked up”? I don’t think the outcome would have been as good.
As someone who wore an N95 on many occasions and never cared if anyone else wore a mask, this is the exact argument I made 3 months into the pandemic. Dozens of instances of visiting nursing homes during flu season and relatives with cancer and never once heard about masks.
The Democrats I was arguing with just insisted I was wrong even though everyone knew I was right and they were just gaslighting me.
You really have to stop to think what a scumbag you have to be to do that. To just lie to someone’s face when you are proven wrong. Not arguing around it. Just straight up lying. I’m not a particularly good person and I would never do that. I wouldn’t be able to live with myself.
These people are a different species.
I hope she’s doing much better.
She is - thank you. She’s now 14 and an absolute gem.
I am sure she is a gem. Two of my kids have been on their death beds and are much tougher than their peers.
I’m sure that’s right! My girl has perspective that her friends simply don’t have.
Perspective is a better word. My son and daughter just laugh while other young adults navigate social situations.