D&D and the rising pandemic

[cmad1977]

Wearing one is not going to hurt you. and the mask does reduce catching (or spreading) all sorts of stuff, not just covid.

Yeah, I’m gonna be using a mask even after all this comes to an end(if). Like, at this point if I’m feeling sick why wouldn’t I wear one? Who goes out and breathes on people when they’re sick anymore? How rude.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Here in Los Angeles I’m kind of stuck wondering “should I wear a mask?” I mean… we’re told we don’t NEED to… but my rule is that if employees in retail locations have to wear a mask I’ll wear a mask. Seems disrespectful to waltz into a store unmasked when all the help is wearing one.

A good rule of thumb, IMHO, is to wear one indoors when there's going to be a lot of people around (shopping is a good example) but don't bother outdoors or away from crowds. That should do it.

 

[FitzTheRuke]

Yeah, I’m gonna be using a mask even after all this comes to an end(if). Like, at this point if I’m feeling sick why wouldn’t I wear one? Who goes out and breathes on people when they’re sick anymore? How rude.

Oh yeah, and if you're sick even a little. Wear a mask then for sure!

 

[Cadence]

Here in Los Angeles I’m kind of stuck wondering “should I wear a mask?” I mean… we’re told we don’t NEED to… but my rule is that if employees in retail locations have to wear a mask I’ll wear a mask. Seems disrespectful to waltz into a store unmasked when all the help is wearing one.

I'd been doing that... but then at one of our local grocery stories over the past month the masked percent has seemed to randomly go between 20% and 90% depending on who was working!

 

[MoonSong]

Contact tracing has little benefit in times of broad community spread.

There is a contact tracing system of sorts in my city. Too bad we don't trust the Gov enough to use it.

 

[Imaculata]

The day after the second shot (both Moderna) I felt like I had been punched repeatedly in the shoulder, as I had with the first, but also developed other muscle aches. These persisted for almost 3 days. Fine now.

My arm hurts after my first shot of Pfizer. It feels like having a bruise on your arm. Other than that, no side effects.

 

[MoonSong]

My arm hurts after my first shot of Pfizer. It feels like having a bruise on your arm. Other than that, no side effects.

It's not that simple. I thought at first the worst was a minor migraine the day after. But I got a covid-like episode about two weeks after the shot. And that hurt a lot.

 

[Imaculata]

Yikes. Good to know.

 

[Ryujin]

There is a contact tracing system of sorts in my city. Too bad we don't trust the Gov enough to use it.

There is a Covid-19 tracing app in Canada and I started using it, however, it turned on everything it could on my phone; Bluetooth, NFC, you name it. It also was written poorly in that it demanded access to pretty much everything, instead of just what it needed. As a result my phone was burning through a charge so quickly that it wouldn't last a day at work, making the app worse than useless, in my opinion.

 

[Imaculata]

I wouldn't trust any app made by my government. They are notoriously incompentent, and about 20 years behind on internet security. It is kind of like putting your granny in charge of your phone's security.