I was reading a high school textbook and it said frogs can ONLY mate and have baby toads if they reproduce in environments devoid of oxygen.
Maybe this is a bit of a vent but I also am being so serious when I ask this. Why is there so much peer pressure not to mask nowadays? I’ve never felt so much peer pressure in my life, and I grew up looking very weird (I went through a lot of alt phases in a very conservative area from when I was 10 even into my early/mid 20s though I’ve settled into more casual appearance nowadays). But I have never felt this type of pressure to conform before or this sheer level of constantly low grade judgement before in my life. I just don’t get it? You’d have thought people would just not care if someone masks nowadays. Like you’d think the pandemic, even if it’s “over”, would have taught people why sometimes masking is necessary. Now instead even my grandma with afib and a pacemaker (afib she got after a covid infection mind you) doesn’t mask and thinks I’m ridiculous. My brother who has a PhD in microbiology doesn’t mask and thinks I’m paranoid. An ex friend who is all about social justice and advocating for disability rights doesn’t mask and thinks I’m being performative. No one masks. And they all act like I’m crazy. Even most of my long covid doctors don’t mask. Lord. How did this happen? Even strangers comment, or just outright stare in a way they never did even when I teased my bright blue hair and wore black eyeshadow back in the day LOL.
Sometimes I feel like I’m crazy. I got long covid from my first infection, got bedbound for 6 months with a second infection despite being cc the whole time. And everyone is just out here breathing the same air and intermingling and getting sick as heck and I’m just like… how do people not have LC? How does everyone not just feel like shit all the time? I keep seeing stats like “30% NHS workers have LC*”or something but then you talk to your nurse friends and they’re like “yeah I’m doing great”. Talk to your friends who aren’t cc, your family, and they’re just fine. Meanwhile im on meds for life because of this freaking virus. I just don’t get it. Sometimes I feel like I’m crazy and out of touch with reality or something with how badly I view Covid.
*I don’t remember the exact article but I remember it was a very high percentage near 30%, please forgive me on that one lol
Hi there, I am experiencing that isolation that a lot of people tend to talk about with being CC, and after recently moving to a new country that has 0 covid cautious groups, I’m a bit desperate to try to find cc spaces 😂🥲. Does anyone have any resources for cc online communities like on discord or something? I would really appreciate any advice or suggestions!
Edit: I’m in Portugal, and i had been following a masking group on Instagram but I believe they closed down :/