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Posted By Takoma11
I hope you have a quick recovery!

I hope you have a quick recovery!
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Posted By Takoma11
It doesn't? Because you say so? It does. ...

It doesn't? Because you say so? It does.



You're dodging the point because you don't like the literal mechanics of the analogy?

My co-worker's husband was returning a gun to their gun safe...
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Posted By Takoma11
It should, because you seem to be basing a lot of...

It should, because you seem to be basing a lot of your response on that word. His use of "want" was a semantic device, in response to a question.

ME: Ugh, my co-worker ate lunch with me without...
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Posted By Takoma11
I have a lot of friends in the medical field...

I have a lot of friends in the medical field (EMTs, nurses, doctors, surgeons), and I feel much worse for them because they are actually watching people die.

But this year has been really...
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Posted By Takoma11
Oh, boo. Hopefully their symptoms stay mild. My...

Oh, boo. Hopefully their symptoms stay mild. My friend is currently fighting it and she's been pretty shocked at how bad it is. Not requiring hospitalization, but she said this is the first time...
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Posted By Takoma11
Feels like semantic quibbling, but okay. ...

Feels like semantic quibbling, but okay.



This is clearly a response to my post earlier saying that, as far as we knew, he had not done anything (complained to HR, made a scene at work,...
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Posted By Takoma11
Oh, children. CHILD: Hey, you're wearing two...

Oh, children.

CHILD: Hey, you're wearing two masks!
ME: Yup!
CHILD: Is that on accident?
ME: NOPE!

Not five minutes later . . .

CHILD: Wow! So many people are missing today.
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Posted By Takoma11
So if he'd said "I disagree with my co-worker...

So if he'd said "I disagree with my co-worker going on a cruise" instead of "I want my co-worker to not go on a cruise", there wouldn't have been any conversation?

Again: in the absence of any...
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Posted By Takoma11
I forgot about the hierarchy of needs! It goes...

I forgot about the hierarchy of needs! It goes water, food, shelter, cruise ships, right?



Sorry, but I don't equate being annoyed with a co-worker with an "authoritarian style of lockdown."
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Posted By Takoma11
Yes. This is a stressful situation for a lot...

Yes.

This is a stressful situation for a lot of people. He is venting, not at work, about the behavior of someone at work.

If I came into a thread and said that I wish parents wouldn't let...
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Posted By Takoma11
You keep saying he can't dictate his co-worker's...

You keep saying he can't dictate his co-worker's behavior.

I'm pointing out that he's complaining about the behavior, not dictating it. There's a big difference!

Suppose his co-worker didn't...
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Posted By Takoma11
If all you care about is harm reduction for...

If all you care about is harm reduction for yourself, then fine. I think that acting in a way that keeps other people safe is part of being a member of a community.

Covering your mouth/nose when...
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Posted By Takoma11
The thing is, there aren't just 100 people in our...

The thing is, there aren't just 100 people in our country. There are millions. And so 1 out of 100 people can make a huge difference when it comes to how many beds are available in a hospital, how...
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Posted By Takoma11
When I was at my (old) grocery store, I was...

When I was at my (old) grocery store, I was getting frustrated constantly running into unmasked customers. I asked an employee if they were enforcing the mask policy and she was like "Well, we can't...
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Posted By Takoma11
Yoda already sort of explained, but if you go...

Yoda already sort of explained, but if you go from 10 infected people to 8 infected people you have dropped by 2 people, but that represents a 20% drop (because 2/10 = 20%).

If you go from 8.6% of...
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Posted By Takoma11
Because the reduction between 8.6% and 7.6% is...

Because the reduction between 8.6% and 7.6% is 1%. 1/8.6 = 11.6 which rounds to 12.




Right, but making more of an effort not to catch it during a surge helps you and the medical institutions...
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Posted By Takoma11
This large-scale study shows that promoting...

This large-scale study shows that promoting mask-wearing and even a moderate increase in mask-wearing reduces spread: https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2021/09/surgical-masks-covid-19.html
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Posted By Takoma11
People doing preventative measures correctly...

People doing preventative measures correctly would do a lot. There are protocols in place and a lot of people are simply disregarding them. This is just generally true. Part of the reason that we see...
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Posted By Takoma11
But there ARE things we can do to stop the...

But there ARE things we can do to stop the spread! Or at least slow it. Proper masking and distancing, for a start. Like, in theory everyone in my school is masked, but the reality is that both...
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Posted By Takoma11
Okay I've changed my mind. Please contact HR so...

Okay I've changed my mind. Please contact HR so that this sociopath is removed from your office ASAP!
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Posted By Takoma11
Obviously the tricky part about "where it ends"...

Obviously the tricky part about "where it ends" is that everyone is coming up with their own standard for what being a responsible person is right now.

My personal opinion, listening as I am to...
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Posted By Takoma11
"First you wanted him to wear pants to work. Then...

"First you wanted him to wear pants to work. Then you wanted him to wash his hands after pooping and before touching the communal water fountain. Then you probably wanted him to be wearing pants AND...
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Posted By Takoma11
He's not complaining about the boat, though, he's...

He's not complaining about the boat, though, he's complaining about the co-worker going into a situation potentially around a lot of people and then having to share an office with him. There are also...
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Posted By Takoma11
My sister's school district sent them all an...

My sister's school district sent them all an e-mail being like "Hey, so we are going to test representative samples from every school. If a school has more than 5% positivity, that school will go...
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Posted By Takoma11
Seriously. ME: Please put your mask up. ...

Seriously.

ME: Please put your mask up.
STUDENT: Ok.
STUDENT: *puts mask up*
STUDENT: *puts finger under mask*
STUDENT: *wipes booger on my classroom carpet, two feet from where I'm sitting*
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