Are You and Your Loved Ones Still Masking Up?

[Grokenstein]

7. Life continues, just masked.

Planning on wearing one for the rest of whatever time I've got left. The trick is making it comfortable; I just knew shit-for-brains would make this a long-term thing so even before recommendations and mandates came I ordered a batch of these babies and wear a reusable mask over that. Each set gets the old "plastic jar shake weight" wash at day's end. Every button I touch outside on a regular basis is scarred by my keys. I wash my hands like a mofo.

Unfortunately, ninety percent of my coworkers immediately stopped masking the instant the mandates were overruled. And a lot of the guys sail right past the sinks in the restroom after doing their business. I've been avoiding no-masks like the plague, because they are.

I caught COVID-19 in its early days and even the milder original version damn near killed me. Went through the "cracking ribs" thing. Almost drowned in my own snot but in my sleep-deprived delirium I had no clue how close I came to dying until after I'd recovered. Don't want to deal with that ever again.