Many people aren't concerned about their family's safety and health.
That's the only conclusion I can draw, knowing that half of the US is very or somewhat concerned about a serious #COVID19 illness in their family--unchanged in a year!--while two thirds are completely or mostly back to pre-COVID normal.
https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/reports/monmouthpoll_us_033023/
@augieray @cowgirlcoder
I suspect folx, including myself, can only live in fear for so long. I was sure Covid would kill me. Kind of still am, but a growing part of me feels like "so be it, live for today". Irrational, but, again, kind of, "so be it".
@RonJeffries Who's asking anyone to live in fear? Do you drive without a seatbelt? Is wearing one living in fear or being sensitive? So, is wearing a mask living in fear or being sensible? I absolutely abhor responses like yours that imply anything we do to protect ourselves and each other is living in fear. It's a demonstrably false and, IMO, incredibly lazy way to think about the range of things we can do to be safer.
@augieray @RonJeffries Well, ok, maybe not "fear", but "concerned enough to answer a poll that way".
Even before covid, hundreds of thousands of people die from the flu every year. Plus many more from other random respiratory illnesses. We have to find a way to be at peace with living in a world like that, you know? So I'd answer the poll "not concerned", because I'm not much more concerned than normal about this category of illness.
I take precautions I feel are reasonable, like wash my hands, try not to touch my face, avoid sick people, stay home when I'm sick, etc. I don't wear masks unless someone asks me to, because I don't think they help all that much (if any), and do have some cost. Risk levels feel more or less back to ~normal, at-risk folks I'm close to have been vaccinated, etc.
@ech @augieray It's an airborne virus that travels through the air like second-hand smoke. People get infected by inhaling aerosolized viruses that other people exhale, not by handling objects then touching their face.
You won't wear a mask, but you still wash your hands? That doesn't make any sense at all.
Also, by the way, masks DO work: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/coronavirus/in-depth/coronavirus-mask/art-20485449
"An N95 offers the highest level of protection."
Are you claiming to know something that the Mayo Clinic doesn't?