News
Welcome to the News community!
Rules:
1. Be civil
Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.
2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. We have an actively updated blocklist, which you can see here: https://lemmy.world/post/2246130 if you feel like any website is missing, contact the mods. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.
Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.
7. No duplicate posts.
If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners.
The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.
view the rest of the comments
May I ask why? Legit question. I still occasionally see folks masking and such in my area, but the vast majority of people have gone back to pre-pandemic behaviors. Cases still pop up here and there but most folks treat it like flu… if you get sick, stay home until you’re better.
If you’ve got an immune issue, I get it. But otherwise, why bother?
Because being sick is inconvenient and I’m a busy person with shit to do.
If it’s something like BART during commute hours, I wear a mask. Before the pandemic I was sick once a month from riding that stupid subway. Now that I mask in tight crowded places, that happens much less often.
I can dig it… totally legit reason.
My suburban life is showing…
You do realize that the mask doesn’t really protect you, it mostly protects others from getting sick from any diseases you might be carrying. So masking only makes sense if you’re sick, not to prevent yourself from getting sick.
This is not what the most doctors say these days.
https://time.com/6168672/how-wearing-mask-protects-you/
I don’t know if I’m sick, masks help reduce spread. masks seem to help a little in getting sick too.
I’ll pull mine out in the train and in other crowded indoor situations. Outdoors I won’t.
Considering that my entire family died of covid, I wear a mask.
Damn, I'm sorry people need to be reminded of the terrible toll COVID has taken.
I wear a mask every time I'm indoors with people because, despite the vaccines, every case is an incubation opportunity for the virus to mutate a way around them.
God damn dude… sorry to hear that. Sincerest condolences.
I really hope you’ve been able to find some peace and solace since then.
A lot of people weren't doing that before, and still aren't now.
Because it (n95, kf94, etc) helps protect myself from getting other airborne diseases like the flu, especially in crowded places like concerts. I also live in a place that has some type of allergen (pollen, ragweed, etc) all year round, and masking outdoors helps reduce the impact of allergies.
I have a toddler who brings home new sicknesses every damn week, it seems, and I work in a small enclosed shop with my coworkers, customers coming and going all the time, and a 90 year-old boss who might well die if he gets sick. I'm the primary threat to all of them, so I never stopped wearing a mask at work.
Simple for me: I loooove food. I hate colds, because then I can't taste. Between 2020-2023 I never got a cold where I'd normally get one 1-3 times a year.
I haven't gotten one in 2024 yet either. I will gladly wear a mask in public places and use hand sanitizer if it means a lower chance of getting a cold.
Others mileage may vary.
It's an easy way to avoid getting or spreading a debilitating disease.
COVID causes long term health problems if you're unlucky.
It's not a flu it's sars and should be treated as such.
Some of us need to make money to pay bills and stuff...
Besides other people 's excellent points, there's the matter of keeping loved ones from getting it who are more vulnerable. My spouse is fully vaccinated but I've seen him hospitalized too many times for what started as a cold or flu and became pneumonia. Neither of us has ever caught COVID and I intend to keep it that way.
Uhh have you heard of long COVID? More and more people are becoming disabled because of this. Before too long it'll be more common to have it than not.
Depending on the venue it's absolutely straightforward sense to wear a mask. Airports, trains, concerts, generally any crowded poorly ventilated indoors.
COVID might stick around in your organs and causing a plethora of bad (even fatal) long term effects even when asymptomatic. It's not anything like flu.
Edit: wanting -> anything