With cases going up, I personally prioritize like extra safety but my roommate seems to realize the risk and not mind much. Like I was talking about how covid has long term effects potential and they were like yea I already got covid last year and had heart palpitations for weeks.. and they just comforted me saying it makes sense ur anxious but I’m not sure they feel this will change there actions. And I didn’t really feel comfortable asking them to...
They go to bars and big house parties and I feel like I was cool with that initially cause I needed a place to live but now I’m like isolating myself a bunch. Unsure..
Plus working food service and having to take the bus where a handful of people don’t wear masks is nerve racking.
End rant. I hope I can keep my head up and find ways to connect to people in the new city I’m in. (Chicago)
It's kind of wild that they're so lax about it despite having gotten COVID. Maybe that's -why- they're lax about it? Because they don't feel like it's that big of a deal because they experienced it and survived it already so it doesn't feel scary to them anymore?? But if that's the case, they might not realize that that's only their experience, and that someone who's immunocompromised or disabled would obviously have a different experience if they caught it.
Either way that's super frustrating and weird to navigate bud
I personally have been going out indoors -occasionally-. In the past 2 months I've gone to a handful of small friends' local shows, one small dance party, and have ended up inside of bars and restaurants a few times. I wore a mask the whole time (except for occasional water sips) on all these occasions (but a lot of the times my friends didn'twear a mask the whole time and I felt weird/awkward bringing it up) I'm not sure how I feel about any of it but I know that being out around other people have helped my mental health at least, even if it makes me anxious about covid stuff... so I've been going along with it and playing it by ear. I'm probably gonna be a liiitle bit more cautious though now that cases are going up. Also, my housemates both have indoors jobs -and- go do stuff indoors, so I don't feel as much like my actions are harming those I live with, since they're doing the same things if not more. So, I guess it's not quite comparable. But like, one of them is more immunocompromised than me? So, who knows anymore.
Someone I trust a lot said something like: "if I'm already going to be breaking social distancing and putting myself at risk for a stupid job to make rent money, which is something that... doesn't really bring me joy and mostly stresses me out. Why not then also go out a bit to build community and heal my mental health as well? I'd rather be taking risks for something I actually care about." I don't know, maybe I'm not putting it in the exact words they did but it made sense to me at the time.
Also right now I'm sick (not with covid I don't think? just a flu?) so I'm hyperaware of spreadability and woof it's very stressful to have to stop myself from seeing people or going to appointments because I don't want to get people sick.
I don't know if any of this was helpful. Just my experiences recently.
Yea I was also thinking about how my risks are like based around only my job so might as well have friends also..
I’m just like read about long covid and how between 10-25% of people even if they get a mild covid case become more disabled like they develop another illness as a result. It’s hard to like trust statistics sometimes but Like someone was talking about how they had mild covid (vaccinated and able bodied person) and then got this condition where random foods, liquids, would taste like trash to the point of nausea long term and how others have also gotten that as a result of covid.
Idk haha I feel like people are really relaxed still but 1/3rd of people getting it are vaccinated and the omicron one is more contagious:(
strong relate on the "people being weirdly lax about long covid" front abled people grotesquely underestimate what even mild amounts of "nerve pain" and "fatigue" actually mean (hard to hear ppl's attitude on this when both of these symptoms entered my life suddenly, with no explanation, well before covid), and that's not even getting into the weird unique-to-covid stuff like losing taste / smell. "what, it's not like we're gonna die from it" is cold comfort. i can't find it in myself to care much about the calculated risks other people take (going out vs staying in, traveling vs not) because we're all traumatized beyond the point of logic and you can Avoid All Pleasures and STILL get sick, but i wish ppl could at least be more realistic about what the risks *are*, yknow?
i hope people in ur periphery start taking things more seriously soon :(
i'm having a very scary time re: people i love getting ill / being needlessly endangered and the scope of my feelings about that are not quite ready for forum posting primetime. the spike in Bmore has been insane and i've recently learned that most cases here are still *DELTA*, omicron hasn't even fully arrived. most people in my orbit are 1) teachers/childcare providers and 2) double vaxxed + boosted + Careful As Fuck and they're still getting COVID by the dozens because the government clearly doesn't care if they live or die.
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Yea I am like feeling a strong inclination towards investing in my hobbies and enjoy the mostly hermit lifestyle. I decided to also start double masking again.. it’s cold anyways~
I also already have body aches and Trouble sleeping etc. and it’s just like brooo, this shitty party is not worth it.
I went to like one party on Halloween that my roommate let me come to and I wore a mask the whole time but they didn’t wear a mask and literally it was packed with maskless folk like sardines and some dudes head was bleeding and I asked him if he was okay and he just replied with deep sarcasm and I was like ...uhhh.. and a bunch of other like weird “teasing/sarcastic” stranger encounters and I was like wtf I could be at home doing something chill.
Then a few months ago, I went with my boy best friend to “Strapped” which is like Chicago’s dyke nite and some person was so excited about the drag that they like screamed bloody murder in my ear and it was also packed like sardines to the point of like -this feels unsafe I am literally tripping over the people next to me. So we left early and met no one.
I don’t understand why people even go to that shit that crowded when covid is a thing.Like I get the need for socializing and even spontaneous fun but Like I would rather sip hot tea and call a friend then possibly become more disabled from an overcrowded mob.
I deleted my last post because I felt like I was showing my ass a bit, and not really being helpful or cognizant of the present day context Shit is really intense and crazy out there and I know a lot of people (even boosted people) who have tested positive. So, I hope you can manage to stay safe, friend! I guess the best you can do if your housemate really won't listen to you is just try to social distance from them as much as possible and disinfect surfaces (lightswitches, doorknobs, handles, etc) and maybe have your own separate dishes and sponge from them? Me and my housemates have basically started doing those things this week and we -do- trust eachother That really sucks though wishing you all the best
It’s cool, I mean yea shit is just changing.. and it’s hard to keep up with all the new shifts sometimes so i understand
I guess I should have a convo with them about my personal comforts like if they are gonna go do risky things then I’m gonna distance from them since cases are like the highest they have ever been
Shit is really intense and crazy out there and I know a lot of people (even boosted people) who have tested positive. So, I hope you can manage to stay safe, friend! I guess the best you can do if your housemate really won't listen to you is just try to social distance from them as much as possible and disinfect surfaces (lightswitches, doorknobs, handles, etc) and maybe have your own separate dishes and sponge from them? Me and my housemates have basically started doing those things this week and we -do- trust eachother 
wishing you all the best
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