Due to my job as a public university employee I am still required to wear a mask to set an example to the general public. The exceptions are when exercising or when alone (no one else within 2 m radius).
this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2023
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I bring it around with me everywhere I go, just in case, and I always wear it at the doctor's office or if I'm sick. Mostly it just stays in my pocket nowadays though.
I do when taking public transportations or visiting high risk relatives. Two of my relatives died due to Covid, one had long Covid, still hadn't recovered. I don't want to accidentally spread it to anyone else with a weak immune system.
Iβve been wearing them consistently since 2020 but Iβve recently moved to Oregon where cases have been some of the lowest levels in the country and Iβve been thinking Iβd like to stop soon
If I'm indoors with people other than immediate family, I'm wearing a mask.
I wear them at the doctor because they require it still. I pretty much don't wear one anywhere else. I wore one on the plane on the flight to my destination to not get sick and ruin the trip but I didn't wear one on the way home because I wasn't as concerned at ruining a week of work. (This was in early 2023.) I will probably wear one in crowded areas in the week before DragonCon (a big convention in Atlanta) to not get sick and miss it.
My kid still wears a mask obsessively. Her face is unevenly tanned. She wants to wear it for bike rides and literally everything aside from being at home.
I still wear musk most of the times.
I'm up to date on my COVID vaccine so I only wear a mask if I'm sick
I probably should now. I didn't need to much for the first couple of years of the pandemic because I basically just stayed home and only put one on when I was going to be around people.
But the issue is I can't ever seem to get a good seal and between breathing into my eyes and wearing glasses it just becomes way harder to deal with and now I'm vaccinated I don't feel as much of a thing for it.
I'll probably wear one more during cold season as I use to get one once or twice every year before the pandemic.
That said, there are still places I will wear it, like the doctor's office.
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