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I only gave it up a year ago after COVID had begun, but suddenly everyone around me is snorting and hacking, and apparently very few people bother covering their mouth when they do anymore. It's just for crowded spaces but 1 in 65 people in Canada have COVID right now, and while I'm super ultra vaccinated I don't want to catch anything in general. It feels strange.

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[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Never stopped. Haven't had a respiratory issue in five years, apart from when my sister brought COVID into the house and infected us. Hoping to keep it that way for as long as possible. Need to book my next jab.

People are gross and don't want to think about how serious COVID is. Easier to just pretend it's not an issue any more. The stakes are too high for that for me. Cumulative damage and a jackpot prize of long COVID? Hard pass.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

I probably should've kept it in, but one day I just got tired of it, and not many people wear one anymore, so I just stopped. But suddenly it feels like the whole world is coughing around me. I've had nine COVID vaccines, get it every time I can, and I get the RSV and pneumococcal vaccines this week too. Long COVID is awful.