This was totally applicable to me today. Different groups are .. different, that is for sure. I mentioned masking in a long Covid support group today, and got strong pushback. It's a taboo thing in that group. It was my first visit there, and I didn't want to be an intrusive or conflict-genersting person right off the bat, and wanted to learn more about the group. I just was surprised that they were so aware of the risks of Covid infection, but they, as a group, had decided to "live their lives"-- which to them means going out unprotected and exposing themselves continually to COVID-19. I tried softly asking questions, like aren't they afraid of the reinfection risks, and more infections making things worse, and will covid-19 happen forever if we don't come together and do something to stop it? Then I got pushback as they aren't trying to organize anything. And I wasn't trying to organize anything! Just wanted some masking solidarity. But not finding it there! None are Maskers. And I realized that is a huge deal for me. Honestly, I find complaining (whether about my illness or hearing about others) very boring if we don't have solutions for this pain, if we don't use the pain to fight for healing, and brainstorm ways to stop it from happening again. If we don't search for ways to change things, then we are are just wasting time and prolonging suffering. The longer I stayed in the meeting, the more I realized their hope is through supplements and diet, and things they consider preventatives that I personally haven't seen any research on. I'm sure if they had things that stopped COVID infection besides masks, we would all be doing it and know about it. But, I am interested in looking into everything, I can learn more about stuff through research. But, regardless, we KNOW so much about masking! And it's taboo there. When it is the thing that actually has so many studies behind it. Whhyy? Why are people pulling toward risk in this climate?
This was totally applicable to me today. Different groups are .. different, that is for sure. I mentioned masking in a long Covid support group today, and got strong pushback. It's a taboo thing in that group. It was my first visit there, and I didn't want to be an intrusive or conflict-genersting person right off the bat, and wanted to learn more about the group. I just was surprised that they were so aware of the risks of Covid infection, but they, as a group, had decided to "live their lives"-- which to them means going out unprotected and exposing themselves continually to COVID-19. I tried softly asking questions, like aren't they afraid of the reinfection risks, and more infections making things worse, and will covid-19 happen forever if we don't come together and do something to stop it? Then I got pushback as they aren't trying to organize anything. And I wasn't trying to organize anything! Just wanted some masking solidarity. But not finding it there! None are Maskers. And I realized that is a huge deal for me. Honestly, I find complaining (whether about my illness or hearing about others) very boring if we don't have solutions for this pain, if we don't use the pain to fight for healing, and brainstorm ways to stop it from happening again. If we don't search for ways to change things, then we are are just wasting time and prolonging suffering. The longer I stayed in the meeting, the more I realized their hope is through supplements and diet, and things they consider preventatives that I personally haven't seen any research on. I'm sure if they had things that stopped COVID infection besides masks, we would all be doing it and know about it. But, I am interested in looking into everything, I can learn more about stuff through research. But, regardless, we KNOW so much about masking! And it's taboo there. When it is the thing that actually has so many studies behind it. Whhyy? Why are people pulling toward risk in this climate?