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Showing Original Post only (View all)"COVID-Cautious Americans Feel Abandoned" [View all]
For all of 2020, Alex, a 28-year-old living in New York, followed the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) COVID-19 guidance religiously. Then, in 2021, something began to shift. That spring, the CDC said it was okay for vaccinated people to ditch their masks in most places. But people were clearly still getting sickincluding Alex, who got COVID-19 for the first time in late 2021 and later developed Long COVID symptoms.
There was this reckoning moment where it was like, Maybe the CDC is not being totally honest with us about the situation, he says. Maybe theyre trying to present it like we can go back to normal when we cant.
For Alex, who asked to use only his first name to protect his privacy, that feeling has only deepened. The virus killed roughly 1,000 people in the U.S. during the week ending March 2 and has left about 7% of U.S. adults with Long COVIDbut despite its continuing toll, real-time data on infections are limited, most mask mandates are gone, and isolation guidance has been scaled back.
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Though it may not feel like it, a significant portion of U.S. adults still care about COVID-19. In a KFF survey from late 2023, 26% of respondents said they were somewhat or very worried about catching the virus, and about half said they planned to take at least one precaution during the winter season, such as wearing a mask or avoiding large gatherings.
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https://time.com/6960789/covid-19-cautious-americans/
i guess i'm one of those 26% -- i mask at work and in the grocery store and any occasional trip i make to michaels or target and such. no one enters my living space without wearing a mask (and the only ones that come in are essential such as plumbers or company doing checks on fire alarm, etc. even tho i have 4 air filters), i don't go to crowded places -- haven't been to a restaurant or movie theater since before 2020. i work with a lot of kids and parents do not always keep them home when they are sick (with colds, bad colds, flu, and even fucking covid!) -- and they also don't teach them to cover their mouths when they cough or sneeze. when i visit my granddaughter i wear a mask unless we're outside b/c if i have something (such as covid) and am asymptomatic i certainly don't want to be passing that on to my 3 yr old grandbaby.
such is my life as a 26 percenter.
oh well. i'm definitely used to it.
sometimes i just miss the "before" times
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Maybe it was all those anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers spitting on and attacking public servants in state houses
Aristus
Mar 29
#3
I've had good luck with weekday (late) morning movies with basically no crowds.
BannonsLiver
Mar 29
#79
Also don't have to go to the premiere. Wait a couple weeks and go at a quiet time.
meadowlander
Mar 29
#90
All of us should be feel abandoned, whether we're protecting ourselves or not, because that's what happened.
WhiskeyGrinder
Mar 29
#7
My vaccinated friends had it. 70 and 60 something . She works in a college with young people.
Maggiemayhem
Mar 29
#77
you sound like you're mocking those who are "worried" / concerned / extra cautious about covid
orleans
Mar 29
#85
I'm mocking the poll's "somewhat worried", which is amorphous and ill-definied.
maxsolomon
Mar 29
#86
I rarely see masks here in TX anymore, and folks will look away if you mention "pandemic"
TBF
Mar 29
#22
For it to be as high as 26%, I'd have to conclude not just masking, but avoiding being in public at all...
Silent3
Mar 29
#27
For the most part, the only folks I see wearing masks in public places are the ones my age *
Oopsie Daisy
Mar 29
#32
mandatory in hospital/lab or dr's office? what state are you in? it sounds great! nt
orleans
Mar 29
#60
that's great. i wish the places around here (chgo burbs) would do that. they do not. nt
orleans
Mar 29
#87
The story says the week ending March 2, which is accurate according to your own source
Prairie Gates
Mar 29
#42
Still mask indoors outside of my own apt. Unmask outdoors, but avoid big crowds, or mask when passing modest groups...
electric_blue68
Mar 29
#51
I take precautions, but I would be surprised if I didn't get it at some point over the past few years.
Gore1FL
Mar 29
#65
I don't mask up anymore, but I am compulsive about washing my hands. I wash my hands
catbyte
Mar 29
#68
Since my daughter's disability is the result of a brain injury (cerebral palsy), we are still doing
deurbano
Mar 29
#81