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love_katz

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15. There's plenty of good reason to continue masking in public.
Mon Nov 28, 2022, 07:41 AM
Nov 2022

Covid has not gone away. The flu gets passed around more during the winter, and I have seen articles warning that the incidence of flu is expected to be really bad this year. Viruses mutate much more quickly than the human immune system can adapt to, and masking reduces the number of host bodies. I have really enjoyed avoiding getting sick, and the two practices which seem to help the most is avoiding crowds and public places, masking when I need to go out, and social distancing wherever possible. I have practiced washing my hands for years, but my experience is that wearing a mask and avoiding crowds is the most effective way to avoid getting sick. Given the reactions that I have had to the vaccine, I would dread getting Covid. I can't comprehend why so many people are so selfish by refusing to wear a mask.

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