Completely agree. Never understood those who hack their lungs out or sneezing all over the place openly without at least covering their mouth and noses. ESPECIALLY after all that was learned from the pandemic. I mean, did these ppl forget all those scientific studies of how those droplets spread into the air and affect those nearby with vs without a mask? Did we not all watch the same videos and go through the same lessons?!? At the very least, use a tissue or cough/sneeze into something… anything other than open air that can affect others.

Please don’t let that stop you from wearing a mask. Better safe than sorry I always say. Unfortunately lack of information still runs rampant. Earlier this year, I had to school someone who was berating my friend to take off their mask since Covid infection rates were down. Shut them right up when she learned my friend is undergoing chemo and is wearing a mask to protect her weak immune system. It was pretty satisfying.

Sorry to hear that, hope you’re feeling better. Yeah, the doctors did test and it was negative, same as Strep test. Got my flu shot too couple weeks before I got sick. I got sick right before Thanksgiving and it was rough since the worst of it lasted 2.5wks overall. I normally don’t get sick often (every 2-3yrs or so) and when I do it’s not great but this one was a strange since it was an unusually long time as I typically bounce back 5-7 days after the initial set of symptoms.

Thanks, not 100% because these things linger for weeks but slowly getting there.

And yes, this is something I always appreciated when traveling to Asia/East Asia/Southeast Asia, the common courtesy of wearing a mask when sick or when it’s peak infection periods. Even working with those from Singapore, Thailand, S.Korea, Japan, etc in the office. They wore masks in the office when they have slight symptoms but not fully sick (that strange in-between period) so as not to affect others. I’ve always highly appreciated the gesture, so thoughtful!

I completely understand this. Got an upper respiratory virus few weeks ago, not Covid (tested negative multiple times), not RSV (due to lack of fever), but was awful as it turned into a bacterial infection requiring antibiotics. I’m up to date with all my Covid vaccinations and boosters alongside with my Flu shots and still wear my masks since I constantly see so many people on the trains, public spaces just coughing and sneezing openly without covering their mouths+noses. You would think everyone learned a thing or two after almost 3yrs of a global pandemic but it seems some just either forgot or just don’t care.

Got $410 in credit. Thanks!