If you lowered your mask below your mouth so you could then speak louder (with more air volume and force) then yeah, she’s right. I think you underestimate the effectiveness of masks, and the need for them.
Yet people in closer proximity were maskLESS which you and Volo seem to be willfully ignoring her point. I gave up on the mask acrimony the minute I was "fully vaxxed." Some 8 months plus from the vaxxs debut and it has to be less than 2% of people around here still wear them where not required.
Masks are really not that big of a deal. If you’re asked to wear one, wear one. Some places have policies for their maskless employees that they have to be tested daily in order to not wear one. Where I am right now the hotel consists elevators and the open air lobby/hallways spaces to be “indoors” for purposes of mandatory mask requirements. So we toss a mask in our pockets and put it over out pie holes when we walk to the room. This is a minuscule price to pay for being able to enjoy ourselves as normal. And if it keeps one person from experiencing the hell I did, it’s fucking worth it.
Yeah, no kidding. We’ve been under a mandatory mask mandate when in public for almost two years now. And, as I said, I was masked and did not remove it. I pulled it away from my nose so I could be heard from a distance.
Meh... if you're supposed to wear a mask, or are asked to wear a mask, and you're there, participating, then you're accepting that mandate, so if you fail to abide by it then yeah, you can't bitch about it when you get called on it. It's not up to you to re-interpret it or develop your own shades of grey around it... just suck it up and accept that you broke the agreed upon rules, regardless of how fucking retarded you happen to think it is. Or how right you may be. Be Hawkeye at the LARP. Suck it up and deal with it. $0.02
When you’re at the classes, scream any time you speak. I mean, really scream. Like the old SNL skit “The Loud Family.” Everything you say should be so uncomfortably loud that it makes the entire class an ordeal for everyone. But make sure you never ever ever EVER take off your mask. Just scream.
I’ll also add: at some point you will see someone else adjust their mask, or partially adjust it so they can speak. Then you pounce, and get EVEN LOUDER, and scream with all your might, “EXCUSE ME, KEEP YOUR MASK ON. THIS WOMAN OVER HERE IS GETTING CHEMO.” Then look over at the woman, nod and thump your chest.
Anyway, to be less snarky… Our work has been preparing for the vaccine mandate, collecting info to see how many people they’re gonna have to deal with regarding testing. So we had to take a one-question survey from HR that was “are you fully vaccinated, yes or no?” After that, if we answered yes we had to send an image of our vaccine card. After that, we were told this week that anybody who is vaccinated fully can stop wearing masks. So that was nice. The next day, at our break and during a meeting, one coworker (vaccinated) asked “So now that fully vaccinated people can take off their masks, how do we know if others who aren’t wearing masks are telling the truth?” So long story short, I got to have about ten minutes more of break time after that. Win-win! Only downside was I didn’t have popcorn.
When you have distinct memories of a deadly Brazilian variant, but all evidence says it doesn't exist and never did, and that it's actually a South African variant you're thinking of, that's an example of the Mandela Effect.
Sometimes the crazy catches up with you. https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1463896846619885574
The most busy travel days and the time of year with the most group gatherings seems like a great time for a new, horrible B.1.1.529 Covid variant. Good times.