It helps that I don’t care what people think. Call me paranoid, neurotic, a bed-wetter or, as some do, cautious. You can also call me COVID-free | KathrynWicksSMH OPINION on why she'll keep wearing a mask at work
But making sensible choices about your health and that of others shouldn’t invite judgment.It’s not that I think my time won’t come – I’ve been to a pub twice in the past month, once indoors. I’ve played indoor minigolf , and been tenpin bowling , been to the theatre and dinner in Chinatown . I used all but one Dine & Discover voucher. I’ll still drink my coffee takeaway, outside, thanks. I’ve avoided peak-hour public transport because of the state’s failure to police the mask mandate.
I also live in a house with a young person who, fair enough, had his fill of staying home and promptly caught the virus at a restaurant the exact day household contacts were let out to go to work. He was also prompt in telling us his throat felt “weird” – and was sent to isolation 36 hours before he tested positive. He makes better venue choices now.Unless we choose to stay home, the risk will long be there. BA.4 and BA.5 appear to not care that you may have had an earlier strain of Omicron.
I’m lucky I live on a train line where most people wear masks – though it would be better if we could have masked-only carriages or policing. I’m lucky I live in an area where I can choose venues where waiters and shop assistants wear masks and I can give ones that don’t a wide berth. And I am lucky I haven’t caught COVID yet.
A colleague recently asked me how long I intended to wear a mask. “As long as it takes,” I responded, “and I don’t care what people think.”
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