I am CuTRis

COVID-19 cases are currently very high and the variants are extremely contagious. People are getting less sick; mostly due to the vaccine. But despite how most people are behaving, this is NOT over.

I'm watching the news, and apparently covid isn't over! In fact, there is a surge in new cases. So, even though me and my family are some of the last holdouts to keep wearing masks, I guess we're not stupid after all...

The guy at the grocery store was clearly upset that I was wearing a mask (since he wasn't). I could tell when he looked at me and shook his head. Later, he checked out in front of me; and after he was done arguing with the cashier, I let him know that his cheese had fallen on the floor-before he pushed his cart away and left it behind...

Deltacron, what's that flower you have on? Could it be a worn-out mask from days gone by? And did I hear you say, you'd be appearing again one day, to make more people sick and maybe die?

These look like the kind the clinic gave me!

Today the clinic told me my cloth mask isn't good enough anymore, the school district is talking about no longer requiring masks, and I think the Federal government is planning to send us all N95 masks. I'm so glad everything has been thought through and all are on the "same page..."

Yesterday I had a job interview that was in person. Most are virtual because of the pandemic. I had tried to get more information before going to see if it was really worth it, but they could not even supply me with the original job posting. So I went anyway to see what they had to say. The guy who was interviewing me did not wear a mask and told me I didn't have to if I didn't want to. I told him that I wanted to. I think I decided right then that I didn't want to work there, but when I found out what he intended to pay, which believe me was not easy, as he didn't want to let me know this information either, I excused myself and left. Not only do I not want to work there, the experience gave me a poor opinion of the business in general.

From my vantage point, it seems the anti-mask people are now being infected by COVID-19 in more alarming numbers. It isn't just the President. A friend's cousin in the Dakotas is in a coma clinging to life. Even more alarming is the mask is supposed to keep others around you safe. If people refuse to wear them, like the now infected people around the President, the pandemic will rage on. Yesterday I went to a Cub foods in St. Paul. It was a quick trip. Yet, I saw four individuals scattered throughout the store without masks. I couldn't help but notice--since I had just watched a news story about African-Americans being disproportionately affected by the virus, all four were black. I hurried past, to remove myself from the area; wondering if they didn't care, or if they were hoping to incite trouble. Surely they saw the sign on the door while coming in requiring masks to enter. Whatever the reason, I wanted to remove myself from that place immediately. It's time to ...

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