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I continue to wear masks when out to this day, and see no future point of stopping for now.
I have existing conditions that Covid would wreak havoc with, and long covid still isn’t well understood. Even the vaccine (Pfizer) totally fucked me up, tothe point getting the booster was a no-go.
that sounds very sensible, but really tough for you that not even the vaccine helps. for me (and for now) it’s not worsened my symptoms so it’s given me quite a bit of peace of mind to get a booster every ~six months. I do wish my otherwise healthy family/friends would consider getting regular boosters though, in the hopes of lowering the chances of this ticking time bomb. each time someone tells me on the phone they’ve got a ‘chest infection’ or ‘nasty cold’ etc. it just fills me with dread that they’ll end up in our boat. 😵💫
It's not so bad. I'm pretty antisocial (or maybe asocial?) and the only person I associate with and spend time with IRL is my wife, and we're in the same boat. So it hasn't been hard to stay safe over the years.