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Z0idberg_MD t1_j1czt0r wrote

Reply to comment by Dazzling-Chicken-192 in The line to see Avatar: The Way of Water at Jordan's IMAX in Natick by Tara_is_a_Potato

COVID has largely disappeared as a significant health event for full vaccinated/boosted individuals. Go walk into literally any place anywhere and no one is masked. And most workplaces aren't wearing masks. Even hospitals like MGH allow employees to be unmasked in non-patient areas.

So idk why that should be a notable feature of this photo.

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willis936 t1_j1d5gj6 wrote

Like 10% of people I know have gotten a bad cold in the past three weeks. Fever, diarrhea, cough. It's your prerogative if you'd prefer to have that over the holidays than not.

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Z0idberg_MD t1_j1d61ms wrote

My dude, those are frankly normal things that happen in the winter. And while yes, of course they are more common this year than ever before, they are more common because we wore masks for two years. We either doff the masks now, get through this winter and go back to our historical norm, or we continue to wear masks and run into the same issues year after year.

I would also like to point out that you’ve conceded we are not talking about truly serious illnesses where people are getting sick and dying. Which was the reason that we essentially compelled everyone, whether via policy or stigma, to wear masks. (I fully supported those policies btw during covid)

If you don’t want to ruin your own holiday, wear a mask. Simple as that. But to try and tell everyone in society that they need to wear a mask because you and your family might get a cold or a stomach bug and not get together on Christmas day, honestly, that’s not a compelling reason.

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lizyouwerebeer t1_j1dgopx wrote

"It's your prerogative if you'd prefer to have that over the holidays" = telling everyone in society that they need to wear a mask?

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Z0idberg_MD t1_j1dha54 wrote

“Not a mask in sight” doesn’t give the vibe of “it’s your prerogative”. It sounds like a judgement.

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