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Comment by parl_match

2 hours ago

> I wear N95 masks on local trains, long distance trains, planes, buses (most of the time), and movie theaters when busy. The few times I haven’t, in particular local train (unfortunately, lots of unhealthy people) and Amtrak, I have gotten sick - strep and covid. Being sick is in some ways not a big deal, but is serious enough I will keep wearing the masks forever. I get sick far less often than my non mask wearing peers.

I used to get sick when I went into the city. Once I started commuting, it happened a lot less as I built up immunity. I'm not saying everyone should lick doorknobs for maximum health.

Anyways, I got to a lot of shows as well, and wearing masks is joyless. I wear them when I'm feeling sick, to reduce the range of transmission (although I just try and stay home)

That said, for institutions where there are sick and weak people, it's almost criminal that they aren't investing even more heavily in testing these sort of technologies.

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bsder  2 hours ago

> I wear them when I'm feeling sick, to reduce the range of transmission (although I just try and stay home)

I really, really wish more people would do this. If you are feeling sick and need to go out into public, put on a mask. This is doubly true especially if you need to take a plane flight. I understand that you probably can't reschedule your plane flight for a lot of reasons, but, for the love of God, if you're hacking up a lung on an airplane put on a damn mask.

Have some common courtesy.