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by HDThoreaun 1298 days ago
I would like to see a lot more masking in general. In asian societies it has long been normal to see people masked up in public, not sure why we can't have that in the west other than a culture of extreme individualism. Why can't people who come to work sick just wear a mask? I kind of enjoy wearing the mask though so a bit biased. Just feels pretty rude to knowingly expose other people when you are/might be sick.
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For someone who is hearing impaired masks are awful. I hope that wearing of masks is never normalized. Why are people going to work sick. That is the issue. Of course masks don't really do much for COVID.
Maybe get a hearing aid.

People go to work sick because their job doesn’t give them sick days. Or because they want a promotion and figure perfect attend next is how to get it. I don’t think it’s reasonable to stop people from coming to work sick unfortunately.

An N95 mask or better protects maybe. The other common masks are useless against Omicron.

Maybe a respirator type mask?

COVID is here with us just like the common cold/flu. It's never going away.