For us Boomers who "are done with masking"

[Pluvious]

Link to tweet

[ret5hd]

1. Raises the question of cause and effect...

did pre-symptomatic Alzheimer’s cause them to be careless, or did Covid cause the Alzheimers?

[maxsolomon]

4. read the article. inflammation exacerbates the symptoms.

inflammation can come from any number of causes besides Covid.

[GreenWave]

2. We can't boom if we are "down under".

Mask up and show those bastards.

[maxsolomon]

3. Correlation, not Causation

The study does not show that Covid-19 causes Alzheimer’s, but it adds to the growing body of research drawing links between coronavirus infection and cognitive function.

“​​In the Alzheimer’s disease brain, the pathology starts to build up about 20 years before the symptoms begin,” said Dr. David Holtzman, a neurologist who leads a research lab focused on Alzheimer’s disease at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

I'm "done with masking" when I'm outside. I've been "done with masking" outside for 2 years. My office has a vaccine mandate and daily reporting requirements. I don't mask there. So far so good.

On the bus or the train or a plane, or in a grocery, at concerts, I still mask.

[we can do it]

5. Good gawd wear your damn masks.

[Skittles]

6. so tired of all the stupid, selfish people

MASK THE FUCK UP

[Calculating]

19. No

This is literally never going to end and I'm not wearing a mask for the rest of my life. I'll get vaccinated with the new booster like the flu and live my life.

[Skittles]

21. not EVEN gonna bother

[MichMan]

7. Plenty of people above 65 who were in favor of masks tested positive

Including many political leaders of both parties and all other walks of life.

[Treefrog]

12. I rarely see political leaders wearing masks now.

Including our own.

Even those who've had Covid.

[Ms. Toad]

16. Being in favor of masks, and actually wearing them

are two very different things. Our political leaders who have recently had COVID talked the good talk, but had largely abandoned wearing them prior to coming down with COVID.

A mask in ones' pocket, or car, or anywhere but on ones' face does no good.

[area51]

20. +1 n/t

[ZonkerHarris]

8. I am not and may never be done with masking. Turns out humans are disgusting

and filled with germs of all kinds

[Rebl2]

9. Found that

out working in daycare in late teens. I worked in daycare a couple years and was was sick several times. I am sure it was from the little kiddos.

[ZonkerHarris]

10. i was a student teacher in a kindergarten way back in college and those bastards gave me the

chicken pox
at 23
Never had it as a kid.
That took me out big time

[Rebl2]

13. I bet it did!

I got the flu at least three times while working at daycare and colds several times. When I changed to a different rheumatologist (1989) she was shocked (this was long after working in daycare) I had never gotten a flu shot considering the medications I was taking. Have gotten one ever since and so has my husband. Haven’t gotten one yet this year, but plan to in the next couple of days.

[Skittles]

22. so many stupid, selfish assholes

very tired of seeing them

[Ferrets are Cool]

11. I dislike wearing my mask everywhere, but

I really HATE dying.

[ret5hd]

14. But you haven't even tried it!!!

[FakeNoose]

17. I shop at the local grocer about once per week

I'm retired now so most of my shopping is during the day. Every person I see wearing a mask in the grocery stores is over 60. The younger ones are mask-less, but older folks are still masking up, even through the summer months.

I do see store employees wearing masks, even though they're younger than 60. It's probably required for their job, but last year the employees were probably happy that most of the customers wore masks. Now it's only around 10%.

[KentuckyWoman]

18. With vs without covid

7 per 1000 with Covid
5 per 1000 without Covid

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/09/15/covid-alzheimers-disease-case-western-reserve/

“You have people who very much look like they have Alzheimer’s, but they do not have Alzheimer’s,” said de Erausquin, adding, “People who have long covid are at risk of being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.”

In their paper, the Case Western Reserve researchers acknowledged that the study was limited by the potential for inaccurate diagnoses of Alzheimer’s.

Davis, however, said she thinks it is unlikely doctors would mistake long covid for Alzheimer’s.

“To label somebody with Alzheimer’s disease is different from the brain fog and the confusion associated with long covid,” she said. “When a physician makes a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, it represents a substantial cognitive impairment.”

As with all medical everything, it will take time for the data to sort out. Vaccine up and mask up is always going to be the best option.

Helps avoid flu too.