I only gave it up a year ago after COVID had begun, but suddenly everyone around me is snorting and hacking, and apparently very few people bother covering their mouth when they do anymore. It’s just for crowded spaces but 1 in 65 people in Canada have COVID right now, and while I’m super ultra vaccinated I don’t want to catch anything in general. It feels strange.
I probably should’ve kept it in, but one day I just got tired of it, and not many people wear one anymore, so I just stopped. But suddenly it feels like the whole world is coughing around me. I’ve had nine COVID vaccines, get it every time I can, and I get the RSV and pneumococcal vaccines this week too. Long COVID is awful.