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Post by Opti on May 6, 2021 19:39:09 GMT -5
Yeah I'm ready to be done wearing them 8 hours a day. My whole department is vaccinated. I wouldn't mind having to wear it in the office area I'm hardly up there. But it'd be nice to finally ditch it in our area. 8 hours a day is getting old. I'm tired of keeping track of the damn things. I'm tired of washing them. I'll happily set them all on fire and take my chances with a head cold once the all clear is given. I still have not figured out how to keep my glasses from fogging up. At least winter is over and I'm not running between buildings in the cold, but when I go out to the floor I always end up pulling it off my nose when I'm inspecting something because I kind of need to be able to see well for that. You need to have a mask that forms a tight enough seal. If I wear a KN95 mask, I can wear glasses and see.
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Post by busymom on May 6, 2021 19:39:11 GMT -5
Yeah I'm ready to be done wearing them 8 hours a day. My whole department is vaccinated. I wouldn't mind having to wear it in the office area I'm hardly up there. But it'd be nice to finally ditch it in our area. 8 hours a day is getting old. I'm tired of keeping track of the damn things. I'm tired of washing them. I'll happily set them all on fire and take my chances with a head cold once the all clear is given. I still have not figured out how to keep my glasses from fogging up. At least winter is over and I'm not running between buildings in the cold, but when I go out to the floor I always end up pulling it off my nose when I'm inspecting something because I kind of need to be able to see well for that. When wearing glasses, if I put my glasses on top the the edge of the mask, my glasses don't fog up. However, if the mask slips, and there's a gap between my mask & my glasses, then they DO fog up. Weird.
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Post by NastyWoman on May 6, 2021 19:46:32 GMT -5
Why would anyone get mad at your for wearing a mask? Even the mask holes that we see caught in video were angry because they were forced to wear a mask. I’m not saying some idiot won’t be an ass, but I would think that would be rare I’m not sure what I will do. I’m still petrified of Covid and I don’t see that changing anytime soon. Tucker Carlson said on Fox that you should confront parents who force their children to wear masks and consider calling child services for child abuse. People are crazy Fucker Carlson really needs to shut his trap IMO.
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Post by TheOtherMe on May 6, 2021 20:09:13 GMT -5
I still plan to wear a mask for the rest of my life, and gloves in some situations like Asian groceries where it's expected. If folks don't like that, they can look or go elsewhere. My state is poised to adopt constitutional carry which will allow anyone to carry a weapon anywhere. If I have to look at someone's weapon, they can damned well look at my mask. This is my plan. We have way too many anti-mask, anti-vax covid deniers living around me. I also have enjoyed not having any colds. I don't go places where I have to wear them for hours on end and I will not be eating indoors in this state in the foreseeable future.
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Post by wvugurl26 on May 6, 2021 20:39:35 GMT -5
The rule at my office is you don't have to wear them in your office alone or at a cube with sufficient distance. Sufficient distance means only two of us could be in my set of eight cubes at one time. That is one of the reasons we are not returning to the office anytime soon. Getting up to go to the copier, bathroom, etc you need a mask.
While washing them is annoying, I may wear one in the winter in crowded stores and indoor spaces. I have very much enjoyed not being sick. No one is a back up for me and I am generally sick when I absolutely can't be out. It's not that big of a deal to me to wear a mask.
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Post by azucena on May 7, 2021 7:45:37 GMT -5
Why would anyone get mad at your for wearing a mask? Even the mask holes that we see caught in video were angry because they were forced to wear a mask. I’m not saying some idiot won’t be an ass, but I would think that would be rare I’m not sure what I will do. I’m still petrified of Covid and I don’t see that changing anytime soon. Tucker Carlson said on Fox that you should confront parents who force their children to wear masks and consider calling child services for child abuse. People are crazy I showed that video to my 12 yo to help explain why some parents aren't interested in being careful. She was appropriately shocked and appalled. We had a good talk about why you shouldn't get all your 'news' from one source.
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Post by tractor on May 7, 2021 7:45:46 GMT -5
They are giving us $75, but it's kind of dumb because it's "Virgin Pulse Bucks" through our corporate wellness site and you have to buy stuff from that store which is like fitness trackers and over-priced water bottles. I already have a fitbit, so I've been having trouble figuring out what to buy with it. Do I really want a "smart" scale? Yes 🙂
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Post by chiver78 on May 7, 2021 8:12:46 GMT -5
I've just passed 18h since #2, and I'm still feeling fine. <knocks wood> this seems to be the end of the window where friends of mine had gotten hit by a train. here's hoping it stays this way!
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Post by daisylu on May 7, 2021 8:14:57 GMT -5
I'll happily go back to normal winter ailments if we can ditch the masks. I can handle wearing one to go into stores and other short-term things, but I would not want to wear one for 9 hours a day at work like all our production people have to do. We can take ours off when we're alone in our cubes, but now with the calling back of the troops from WFH, there are some complaining about that practice. I'm not sure if they're really worried or looking for an excuse to continue working from home. I will be seriously ticked off if after a year of being back in the office they make me start wearing a mask at my desk as all the restrictions are being lifted everywhere else. Me too. I wear them, but I hate the damn things. My nose runs constantly when I have to wear one, within 20 minutes I develop a sinus headache, and by 4 hours I am entering migraine territory. I am glad that I have my own office, with limited accessibility.
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Post by daisylu on May 7, 2021 8:17:40 GMT -5
Our facility offers a coupon for a free personal size pizza from a place down the street.
Unless they force the issue, I do not plan on sharing that I am vaccinated. I might if they offered off a day or 2 off though.
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Post by movingforward on May 7, 2021 9:08:52 GMT -5
Our facility offers a coupon for a free personal size pizza from a place down the street. Unless they force the issue, I do not plan on sharing that I am vaccinated. I might if they offered off a day or 2 off though. . Why not share?
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Post by anciana on May 7, 2021 9:23:19 GMT -5
Yeah I'm ready to be done wearing them 8 hours a day. My whole department is vaccinated. I wouldn't mind having to wear it in the office area I'm hardly up there. But it'd be nice to finally ditch it in our area. 8 hours a day is getting old. I'm tired of keeping track of the damn things. I'm tired of washing them. I'll happily set them all on fire and take my chances with a head cold once the all clear is given. I still have not figured out how to keep my glasses from fogging up. At least winter is over and I'm not running between buildings in the cold, but when I go out to the floor I always end up pulling it off my nose when I'm inspecting something because I kind of need to be able to see well for that. I have found an anti-fog liquid on Amazon that works reasonably well. Before that, I had to put my glasses way low on my nose. It is still weird when I put my glasses all the way up on my nose now since there is steam coming up to my eyes from the gap in my mask.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on May 7, 2021 10:48:10 GMT -5
I've just passed 18h since #2, and I'm still feeling fine. <knocks wood> this seems to be the end of the window where friends of mine had gotten hit by a train. here's hoping it stays this way! Our side effects kicked in somewhere around the 24-26 hour mark. When I got up the morning after, I felt fine. I got slammed after lunch.
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Post by Lizard Queen on May 7, 2021 10:51:41 GMT -5
I've just passed 18h since #2, and I'm still feeling fine. <knocks wood> this seems to be the end of the window where friends of mine had gotten hit by a train. here's hoping it stays this way! Our side effects kicked in somewhere around the 24-26 hour mark. When I got up the morning after, I felt fine. I got slammed after lunch. My Dh also got hit at that time. A little cold, and tired so took a midday nap, and was fine in a couple hours.
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Post by anciana on May 7, 2021 10:58:46 GMT -5
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Post by pulmonarymd on May 7, 2021 11:02:53 GMT -5
They will come up with another excuse.
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Post by anciana on May 7, 2021 11:05:31 GMT -5
They will come up with another excuse. That's why I said "a few"
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Post by pulmonarymd on May 7, 2021 11:35:36 GMT -5
They will come up with another excuse. That's why I said "a few" Not enough to make a difference. I talk about this vaccine every day with patients. The ones who have yet to be vaccinated have no good answer for why not. It is all I am not comfortable, its been rushed, conspiracy theories, or my particular favorite, "I don't put foreign stuff in my body." especially funny when they smoke or have a bag of food from a fast food restaurant. Over 100 million people have been vaccinated to date. We know the short term side effects. We know the risk of the infection. People who are not vaccinated are not willing to listen to reason
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Post by daisylu on May 7, 2021 11:43:15 GMT -5
Our facility offers a coupon for a free personal size pizza from a place down the street. Unless they force the issue, I do not plan on sharing that I am vaccinated. I might if they offered off a day or 2 off though. . Why not share? I do not know what they plan to do with that information. For example, we currently have extended Covid sick leave, which many have taken advantage of IMO. Employees can claim to have been exposed or be experiencing some vague symptoms, and they get a paid time off until they feel better or they produce a negative test result. What happens if I still contract Covid and end up sickly? Can they use my vaccination against me, doubting that I need that time off to recover? I have never really been too keen on sharing personal info at work anyway.
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Post by movingforward on May 7, 2021 12:11:01 GMT -5
That's why I said "a few" Not enough to make a difference. I talk about this vaccine every day with patients. The ones who have yet to be vaccinated have no good answer for why not. It is all I am not comfortable, its been rushed, conspiracy theories, or my particular favorite, "I don't put foreign stuff in my body." especially funny when they smoke or have a bag of food from a fast food restaurant. Over 100 million people have been vaccinated to date. We know the short term side effects. We know the risk of the infection. People who are not vaccinated are not willing to listen to reason My favorite are the "all you need to do is eat right and exercise"
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Post by anciana on May 7, 2021 12:13:04 GMT -5
That's why I said "a few" Not enough to make a difference. I talk about this vaccine every day with patients. The ones who have yet to be vaccinated have no good answer for why not. It is all I am not comfortable, its been rushed, conspiracy theories, or my particular favorite, "I don't put foreign stuff in my body." especially funny when they smoke or have a bag of food from a fast food restaurant. Over 100 million people have been vaccinated to date. We know the short term side effects. We know the risk of the infection. People who are not vaccinated are not willing to listen to reason Yes, the sad fact is that it might be a very small number, but the optimist in me wants to think we need to keep plugging away, even if it is little by little, literally. There seems to be a number of people that will, possibly, never be persuaded. But, there is still a number of hesitant ones, people who, with some encouragement from the current trends, might change their minds, and those are the ones we still have a chance with. *fingers crossed*
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Post by thyme4change on May 7, 2021 12:16:28 GMT -5
I just got my shingles shot. I think I have every vaccination now - except chicken pox, I guess - I already had the chicken pox long before the vaccine came out - hence the shingles vaccination.
Measles, mumps, rubella, meningitis, many flu shots, covid, shingles, tetanus, small pox, HPV. Am I missing any?
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Post by anciana on May 7, 2021 12:16:50 GMT -5
I do not know what they plan to do with that information. For example, we currently have extended Covid sick leave, which many have taken advantage of IMO. Employees can claim to have been exposed or be experiencing some vague symptoms, and they get a paid time off until they feel better or they produce a negative test result. What happens if I still contract Covid and end up sickly? Can they use my vaccination against me, doubting that I need that time off to recover? I have never really been too keen on sharing personal info at work anyway. I wonder what my work will do. There is quite a few people who want to be done with wearing masks at work as soon as possible. Since we are inching ever so quickly to the CDC recommendation of being able to remove masks if 80% of the people can show a proof of vaccination, our organization will need to figure out how to go about asking employees about their vaccination status. This might prove very interesting, even entertaining, since they are also very much about keeping their private stuff remaining private.
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Post by chiver78 on May 7, 2021 12:18:43 GMT -5
I've just passed 18h since #2, and I'm still feeling fine. <knocks wood> this seems to be the end of the window where friends of mine had gotten hit by a train. here's hoping it stays this way! Our side effects kicked in somewhere around the 24-26 hour mark. When I got up the morning after, I felt fine. I got slammed after lunch. I'm at about 22h now, and more or less still just tired. I tried to nap with the golden, but I'm probably going to need one of the other dog beds to sleep on the floor. the big couch throw pillow wasn't cutting it. I'll try again after inhaling some lunch.
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Post by pulmonarymd on May 7, 2021 12:23:45 GMT -5
Not enough to make a difference. I talk about this vaccine every day with patients. The ones who have yet to be vaccinated have no good answer for why not. It is all I am not comfortable, its been rushed, conspiracy theories, or my particular favorite, "I don't put foreign stuff in my body." especially funny when they smoke or have a bag of food from a fast food restaurant. Over 100 million people have been vaccinated to date. We know the short term side effects. We know the risk of the infection. People who are not vaccinated are not willing to listen to reason Yes, the sad fact is that it might be a very small number, but the optimist in me wants to think we need to keep plugging away, even if it is little by little, literally. There seems to be a number of people that will, possibly, never be persuaded. But, there is still a number of hesitant ones, people who, with some encouragement from the current trends, might change their minds, and those are the ones we still have a chance with. *fingers crossed* There is somewhere between 15-20% hard core antivaxxers in regards to this. There is another 15%, give or take, who are on the fence. The first group is beyond reach to most persuasion. We will get a percentage of the stragglers, likely trickling in. The challenge for many places is that they are not evenly distributed. So there will be pockets where you will see less than 50% vaccinated. Those areas will be reservoirs for both infections and mutations. It will be interesting to see what happens this winter. Israel say a significant decline in new cases once they crossed the 50% threshold. Not herd immunity, but better control.
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Post by Cookies Galore on May 7, 2021 13:00:11 GMT -5
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Post by minnesotapaintlady on May 7, 2021 13:13:36 GMT -5
Thank you. I might order them anyhow, since most of what we have are disposables at this point. All restrictions are scheduled to end in our state May 28th, but the mask mandate for indoor places is still going until July 1st unless we meet 70% before then and I'm not sure if that 70% means of the whole population or over 16. If over 16 we're close at almost 60%, but if it's the total population we won't. Plus individual businesses can of course continue to require them, so probably should still have some on hand.
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Post by Cookies Galore on May 7, 2021 13:28:10 GMT -5
Thank you. I might order them anyhow, since most of what we have are disposables at this point. All restrictions are scheduled to end in our state May 28th, but the mask mandate for indoor places is still going until July 1st unless we meet 70% before then and I'm not sure if that 70% means of the whole population or over 16. If over 16 we're close at almost 60%, but if it's the total population we won't. Plus individual businesses can of course continue to require them, so probably should still have some on hand.
And they're on sale right now! And so comfortable. 😀
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Post by swamp on May 7, 2021 13:44:08 GMT -5
It looks like the Pfizer shot will be available to 12-15 year olds soon. The school just sent out a survey asking if I would gets my kids vaccinated at a school clinic.
Abso-freakin-lutely. I’m not giving them a choice.
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