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mistressofmuses) wrote2021-07-07 08:23 pm
mistressofmuses) wrote2021-07-07 08:23 pm
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Covid-adjacent angst
Alex isn't feeling well, so he's of course worried it's Covid. We're both vaxxed, but know it's not 100% effective, and pretty much everyone has gotten lax with masking. I'm pretty sure it's more likely a summer cold, but he's going in for a test tomorrow. Either way, it sucks that he doesn't feel well.
I am genuinely concerned about the Delta variant. It doesn't seem to be bad in our area - yet -, but in the western part of the state (firmly red and anti-vax) for a while we had the second-highest prevalence of it in the entire country.
It's frustrating, because I want to try and keep doing the best and safest things... but it seems harder to do so than ever. I'm vaxxed, which is certainly the biggest thing I can do personally.
But it's increasingly impossible to stay distanced at work, as the company has removed the smaller class caps that allowed for distancing of students. We aren't allowed to ask for proof of students being vaxxed, and if they *say* they are, then we can't require they wear masks for one-on-one lessons (though in those un-distanced classes they are still supposed to.) But then many instructors aren't enforcing the policy, either because they're tired of arguing with kids, or because they're anti-mask themselves... and the response from upper management has been basically *shrug* "yeah, we noticed it too... we'll send out an email about it..."
My manager is pretty good at pushing back, but the upper management has also made it clear that basically they do NOT have our backs if someone complains about us being "inflexible" or "harsh" or "unfair."
In fairness, it's not like we've been as careful as we could have been. We went to the fourth of July celebration, which was all outdoors, but still a lot of people. We went to that club night, where we kept to ourselves, but it didn't require masks. I don't feel like we've been taking *wild* risks, but we could have been more cautious.
Yesterday at the grocery store, there was a man in the produce section, repeatedly coughing all over everything. (Not like... purposely aiming at it, just he had a cough and was standing there, not bothering to move away or even effectively cover his mouth.) If nothing else, I'd hoped (in vain) that in the last year+ people might have learned or internalized the most basic ideas of hygiene.
Most of our local stores have removed any distancing guidelines.
Colorado did reach the 70% vaccination goal, so I'm happy about that much.
I don't really feel that I'm in an undue amount of danger or anything, just... I don't want to return to the more stringent restrictions just because no one will take even mild precautions. Of course that's been the complaint all along, so I don't know why I'd hoped for better now, lol.
I am genuinely concerned about the Delta variant. It doesn't seem to be bad in our area - yet -, but in the western part of the state (firmly red and anti-vax) for a while we had the second-highest prevalence of it in the entire country.
It's frustrating, because I want to try and keep doing the best and safest things... but it seems harder to do so than ever. I'm vaxxed, which is certainly the biggest thing I can do personally.
But it's increasingly impossible to stay distanced at work, as the company has removed the smaller class caps that allowed for distancing of students. We aren't allowed to ask for proof of students being vaxxed, and if they *say* they are, then we can't require they wear masks for one-on-one lessons (though in those un-distanced classes they are still supposed to.) But then many instructors aren't enforcing the policy, either because they're tired of arguing with kids, or because they're anti-mask themselves... and the response from upper management has been basically *shrug* "yeah, we noticed it too... we'll send out an email about it..."
My manager is pretty good at pushing back, but the upper management has also made it clear that basically they do NOT have our backs if someone complains about us being "inflexible" or "harsh" or "unfair."
In fairness, it's not like we've been as careful as we could have been. We went to the fourth of July celebration, which was all outdoors, but still a lot of people. We went to that club night, where we kept to ourselves, but it didn't require masks. I don't feel like we've been taking *wild* risks, but we could have been more cautious.
Yesterday at the grocery store, there was a man in the produce section, repeatedly coughing all over everything. (Not like... purposely aiming at it, just he had a cough and was standing there, not bothering to move away or even effectively cover his mouth.) If nothing else, I'd hoped (in vain) that in the last year+ people might have learned or internalized the most basic ideas of hygiene.
Most of our local stores have removed any distancing guidelines.
Colorado did reach the 70% vaccination goal, so I'm happy about that much.
I don't really feel that I'm in an undue amount of danger or anything, just... I don't want to return to the more stringent restrictions just because no one will take even mild precautions. Of course that's been the complaint all along, so I don't know why I'd hoped for better now, lol.
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Things are very weird right now. I'm still wearing a mask to shop, but I don't work so don't have to worry about that whole sticky mess.
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Yeah, it feels like no one knows exactly what to do. :/ I definitely want to keep masking when around lots of people, like grocery shopping. I don't want to be the kind of overcautious that verges on paranoid, but I also don't want to take foolish risks.
I'm glad you don't have to deal with workplace stuff - that's the part that I'm having the most trouble with.