@dave we did meet up with a friend from the US who had a cold. But he tested negative, and was open about it, and gave us the choice. We also kept a bit more distance (no hugging, etc). Hadn’t seen him in years and had no other meetups planned for the days afterward, so we decided to go with it.
When we’re meeting with vulnerable people and have no symptoms, we test. When we have symptoms we don’t test, we stay inside and don’t see other people.
@dave yep, 100% agreed. Of course if you meet up with people after testing negative, and the day after, you feel sick and test positive, you could have passed it on. But that’s something you really couldn’t avoid then. That’s different, even though the result for the other person can be the same.
While there were work pressures on occasion, this gave me really icky vibes.
"Thematic qualitative coding revealed that participants frequently concealed illness because their illness would conflict with their other social goals (e.g., going on a date); "
So that's putting someone else at risk of infection without their consent. Just, I can't even.
@dave I've had people accusing me of living in fear.
Well I live with experience, with the consequences of my infection and long COVID. I don't want to get worse.
I live with fear for the COVID cautious, for folks who are immunocompromised. Because there is a lot of ableism out there, and not a lot of true solidarity for folks at risk.
When I go out, I mask to protect me and to normalise it for others. I won't be pressured to not mask.
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