@Gordon ***********

it’s so confusing to me- he says doing business with someone weirded him out because they wore a mask -

It weirds me out that such a simple thing would even need to be said? 🤷🏻‍♀️

China, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, Vietnam have been wearing masks since the first SARS outbreak in 2000, I think it was…

I mean, even the US govt is mailing out free tests to citizens again since September, AUS recently had such a strain it came close to reimplementing 10 day quarantines. Singapore considered closing in late June but just mandated masks for a month instead - Canada is taking a beating, as is the US. I’m in India at the moment and don’t get me started 🤣 It’s a thing and it’s really long term debilitating - thousands have ended up with long Covid. It is what it is but pretending it isn’t doesn’t make sense to me. It’s a virus that operates in the vascular system- which obviously affects every organ, millions of folks saw friends and relatives of all ages die of it- but those that are wary are weird?Make it make sense. Just because capitalism wants us to keep working doesn’t mean there’s no Covid. The prime directive of a virus is to survive, find a host, mutate- whatever is necessary to survive. The Spanish flu still exists - I mean- it’s not drama it’s simple science 🤷🏻‍♀️Ridiculing people for wanting to feel a bit of control over their own health and safety is what’s weird.

@Mark *******

why would you be weirded out? Masks have been common in that region for a couple decades now - masking isn’t just for Covid, but there is a major wave at the moment and multiple variants are active, meaning you can get it and recover and get another one before your immunity can repair itself. Someone being polite and trying to respect and protect others is nice, not to mention they are face to face with countless people daily in some jobs and they deserve to wear one if they feel it protects themselves?

Where I live, when I notice all the delivery guys are suddenly wearing them I figure it is for a reason.

@Luit ****************

yeah, you’re not exactly accurate there.

I rent a ticket for 12 bucks, 20 bucks -whatever it is, because I don’t have time to read the policy of every airline and see who has a 24 hour cancellation policy and I definitely don’t mess around with third-party providers that promise there’s a 24 hour cancellation allowance because I just never use third-party providers, ever.

I don’t want to have to keep babysitting and rechecking. If I rent a ticket, it is a true/real ticket that is live for 24 or 48 hours whichever one you get, and then THEY cancel it. I never have to think about it again. That’s worth the very few dollars it costs, for me. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’m a one and done type 😁

@John *********

obviously. But it happens by the thousands.

@John *********

half the people staying on Ed visas are working either online or in person ‘teaching’. 🤷🏻‍♀️

@Mark *****

it is. That is the grace period 👍🏼

This group has a lot of history, experience and advice 👍🏼

Try popping some keywords into the search bar 🔍 at the top of the group’s page and you’ll get loads of ideas and stories of what others have done. Like they say, where there’s a will there’s a way ✨

Congratulations you must be so relieved 🍻

@Rayona ***************

me too with the sleep mask! When I put it on, it’s like when you put the blanket over a birdcage. My brain immediately gets the message. 😆