Feeling this. After 2 years of mandated masks here in Wakanda, we've been mask-free optional outside for less than a week... and almost NO ONE is doing it. It's like some crazy Stockholm syndrome. I have been mostly going unmasked outdoors but I feel very exposed and watched. It's extremely weird.

On this. The 6th wave is on its way. It has hit Europe and eastern Canada. Ignoring something does not make it go away and that fool Henry was way too quick to drop the mask mandate…..

Even the beach is not my happy place anymore.
I guess all good things do come to an end.
Looking for a strong cardboard box because it's the best I could ever hope for now.
Sad existence sad !

@sirexpat
Glad that you’re unmasked and outdoors. I don’t know if you feel judged by others. I am definitely not a sidewalk mask-wearing type. Outside maskless is fine. It’s the indoor mingling and meeting ppl that weirds me out. I walked through a busy restaurant downtown and there were networking or social events inside. I feel so disjointed looking at these things like they are scenes from a tv show. I’m just not ready to group socialize with strangers. My boss has Covid, my partners boss got Covid from attending a conference. Covid is still very much in my life and I miss very much freely socializing but it feels so out of reach to me right now. I feel like there’s this plastic divider between me and those who have moved on.

11 employees caught covid at my workplace.... It spread like a wildfire.

That’s because Covid is alive and well. Listen to the medical community. Covid didn’t disappear just because the government drops a mask mandate.

I am so with you on this......I went on an interview where people were so close together and it brought out this instant stress and anxiety in me. I'm going to continue to mask indoors and on transit for sure. It is a difficult transition for many as recently all restrictions have been dropped but psychologically,people still retain the fear. and anxiousness which will take time to overcome. Some people are just jumping right back into the social scene and that's fine if they're comfortable but I know I'm not there yet and I'm going to continue to be cautious. My friend was recently scoffed at for wearing a mask but she lives with her mother who has cancer. I just want people to not judge and mind your own business as the saying goes. Remind yourself that you have no idea what people's stories are and what they're dealing with. As my mother used to say" if you can't find anything nice to say,say nothing" And it will always continue to shock and amaze me that people I don't know feel they have the right to say something negatively to a complete stranger. We need way more kindness in this world.

As someone who got Covid in spite of being fully vaccinated and boosted, while social distancing and wearing my mask, I understand your reluctance. But that’s the thing you see: being fully vaxxed and boosted and wearing a mask won’t prevent you from getting sick with the most recent variants because they’re incredibly contagious. It will however, very likely keep you out of the hospital. You will feel lousy and you’ll be sick, but if you’re a typical adult you’ve very likely had a bad flu before and it’s no worse than that. I’m at the point where I feel that it’s inevitable that most of us are going to contract it somehow, unless we become completely reclusive. And even then, eventually you’re going to have to come out of your cave, and then what? If you’re in reasonably good health you’ll survive it without a problem. I’m a senior and I’ve got autoimmune issues and I’m fine now, if that helps.

I know more households that have caught the virus in the past two months the than the past two years. It's not over.

People are wearing masks because I feel safe not wearing one and have you noticed everyone has stopped spitting everywhere increasing the good hygiene for everyone.