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That's only a consideration if you are sexually active
The other day, I hugged my mother for the first time since the beginning of March. That's the first physical contact she's had with a single soul. She cried. I cried. She's cocooned and given up her fairly active retirement to stay safe as she is vulnerable. Covid will surely kill her if she gets it.
Now she's finally allowed out. She can pick the brand of bread or beans she prefers rather than me guessing and getting her the ones she dislikes. She can do her own errands in short safe bursts but she's still very cautious. And she's scared. She's not bothered about dying, but she is scared of being stuck, alone in a hospital with none of her family there at the end.
Even in lockdown you had more freedom than she did. Nobody is asking you to live like she did for the last 5 months. They are just asking that when you are near other people in a closed environment, you wear something to cover your nose and mouth like the rest of us so that we can keep the rates of infections low enough for us ALL to go about our business the way we used to.
You have the right to insist that wearing something over your nose and mouth for a short amount of time somehow enslaves you. I have the right to decide you are a selfish, self centred person for not wearing a mask, and judge you accordingly.
Where have I questioned your rights?0 -
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That's only a consideration if you are sexually active
The other day, I hugged my mother for the first time since the beginning of March. That's the first physical contact she's had with a single soul. She cried. I cried. She's cocooned and given up her fairly active retirement to stay safe as she is vulnerable. Covid will surely kill her if she gets it.
Now she's finally allowed out. She can pick the brand of bread or beans she prefers rather than me guessing and getting her the ones she dislikes. She can do her own errands in short safe bursts but she's still very cautious. And she's scared. She's not bothered about dying, but she is scared of being stuck, alone in a hospital with none of her family there at the end.
Even in lockdown you had more freedom than she did. Nobody is asking you to live like she did for the last 5 months. They are just asking that when you are near other people in a closed environment, you wear something to cover your nose and mouth like the rest of us so that we can keep the rates of infections low enough for us ALL to go about our business the way we used to.
You have the right to insist that wearing something over your nose and mouth for a short amount of time somehow enslaves you. I have the right to decide you are a selfish, self centred person for not wearing a mask, and judge you accordingly.
And there is the nub of the issue. Restrict everyone so no single cohort is affected. The reality is that without a vaccine your mother cannot be safe from Covid19 without restrictions applying either to her or to everyone. I don't see why restrictions should continue to apply to everyone. I also don't, for one minute, believe that people like you will be happy to have masks mandatory in just a certain few places. Once they are mandatory in some situations the push will come to have them mandatory everywhere.0 -
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That's only a consideration if you are sexually active
The other day, I hugged my mother for the first time since the beginning of March. That's the first physical contact she's had with a single soul. She cried. I cried. She's cocooned and given up her fairly active retirement to stay safe as she is vulnerable. Covid will surely kill her if she gets it.
Now she's finally allowed out. She can pick the brand of bread or beans she prefers rather than me guessing and getting her the ones she dislikes. She can do her own errands in short safe bursts but she's still very cautious. And she's scared. She's not bothered about dying, but she is scared of being stuck, alone in a hospital with none of her family there at the end.
Even in lockdown you had more freedom than she did. Nobody is asking you to live like she did for the last 5 months. They are just asking that when you are near other people in a closed environment, you wear something to cover your nose and mouth like the rest of us so that we can keep the rates of infections low enough for us ALL to go about our business the way we used to.
You have the right to insist that wearing something over your nose and mouth for a short amount of time somehow enslaves you. I have the right to decide you are a selfish, self centred person for not wearing a mask, and judge you accordingly.
And by the way, why have you joined in the abusive personal comments? That really is beneath any intelligent poster.0 -
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