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art-love-social t1_ivvnagw wrote

Reply to comment by PM_ME_KITTYNIPPLES in Half a million UK workers drop out of workforce, citing long-term illness by MagnusAuslander

Mandates may have gone - but nothing to stop people carrying on wearing masks

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PM_ME_KITTYNIPPLES t1_ivvo3bq wrote

Mask wearing isn't as effective if the people around you aren't also wearing masks.

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crs8975 t1_iw01glw wrote

It's not as effective, but can still help.

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sclerenchyma2020 t1_ivynxpq wrote

These additional deaths and illness clogging our healthcare system impacts all of us. I might wear a mask because I see the writing on the wall, but I am also dealing with issues getting medical care because others are not taking precautions.

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art-love-social t1_ivyr7td wrote

> hcare system impacts all of us. I might wear a mask because I see the writing on the wall, but I am also dealing wit

... I have several relatives working in front line health care - it is not covid cases that is clogging the system up

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WatchandThings t1_ivyqw6b wrote

Masks can reduce the chances of catching the covid, but does nothing to prevent continuous spread of the covid by the unmasked. This means the covid will continue to spread, and need for masking will being years or decades long thing.

Though I do think the 'stop the spread' ship has sailed years ago. The covid is too wide spread from not having proper plans early on, the economy has taken too big of a hit at this point to try another proper covid control attempt, and the covid's wide spread existence internationally means the disease will make it back into the US sooner or later.

The early years were key and we dropped the ball, and our next generation will have to live with this thing long term. They'll have to live with the masks being a forever thing or live life normally and find out how bad the life expectancy and quality drops with long covid damage.

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