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I’m so sorry Lucidity. Hope you have a safe pregnancy going forward. I don’t understand why they lifted the mask mandate right after March break!
My sister’s family ended up testing positive as did my mom but not dad. Thankfully mild symptoms.
I can’t remember where people discussed shingles but my friend (early 30s) has shingles and it sounds so painful.
Take care ktfran.
Covid finally got to my immediate family. My sister has it. Just a sore throat right now. Her two kids seem ok currently. Her husband has a sore throat too
Hope your family is doing OK, KTFran
Hospitalizations up again. Anecdotally I know of a lot more people having COVID. It feels like we don’t have an endpoint. People are treating life as if COVID is over. We’ve been so vigilant but now I am tired.
Same re lipsticks. I wore lipstick to dinner last week and it felt freeing. I don’t usually wear lipstick going out to eat because it comes off. But it felt so nice putting it on.
Two coworkers are home sick. One has tested positive on the rapid test. The other has symptoms but has tested negative on the rapid test so far. She had what we thought was covid in the omicron wave so maybe it’s “just a cold” although its possible she’s has Covid twice.
Yes you can pay for PCR test for travel. The free tests are restricted. I understand with omicron that it got to the point where we knew there was a lot of it going around. But I don’t understand why they didn’t open it up again.
Is testing open to all in NYC? Ontario has restricted testing to I think frontline workers since January so we can only gauge COVID on waste water and hospitalization.
I thought I was ok being in the office without a mask. I guess my anxiety is getting to me especially with talks on BA.2.
@Ktfran, I’m so sorry to hear that. I hope your BIL recovers smoothly. Ugh, I can’t believe that friend. So selfish.
@Kate, just ick.My workplace is also removing their mask mandate effective tomorrow, in line with provincial regulations. I get it. We can wear masks if we want. I think I might be more lax around the office but I’ll still wear masks with clients and ask they do the same. I think we’ve had 4 employees and one’s daughters get COVID over the course of the pandemic.
I overheard one of the partners saying we should follow the provincial guidelines at the office i.e. no masks. I understand that’s clear cut. I’m sort of ok with not requiring masks around the office. However we’ve been meeting clients throughout this and mentally I feel a lot better when the client and I wear masks in an enclosed space.
I don’t know. We’ve gone to restaurants where we eat without masks. Heck I am going ahead with our wedding in three months! Selfishly I hope the cases don’t go up in April and May again like last year and we lock down again.
I am curious whether private businesses (including where I work) will require masks.
Ok reading more now—-masks still required for public transit and healthcare.
I’m sorry Helen. Hope you all feel better soon.
Ontario is dropping mask mandates in a couple weeks right after the school March Break. Apparently this will include schools. For those of you in places without masks mandates, do you still wear masks? Just on eg public transit? Are other peoples wearing masks where you are?
In some cases there is definitely “mask theatre” where you are taking off your mask to eat anyway.
