How are you living these days?

Children are vaxxed, I am boosted. Will continue to wear an N95 mask indoors if a crowd is around. But if outside or no crowds around, doesn't make sense to me.

I am 2x boosted. I had very mild Covid last year. Shortly after that I’ve had severe brain fog, fatigue, and trouble sleeping, and spasms. A neurologist had me tested and said I was fine. I asked her if she has patients with Long Covid and she used the term Post Viral Syndrome.

Anyway, I think it’s best I try not to get Covid again. I mask in public but we have eaten out a few times.

Never really been a social sort, but I used to go to the grocery store at least once every 2 weeks. When they came out with "curbside pickup" I was pretty happy, but had already acclimated to having someone else who was already going to the store(actually worked in grocery stores!!) do my shopping.

I've gone to parts place a couple times, and hardware store. ANYTIME I go inside anywhere, I wear an N-95 mask.

Neighbor has been sick and I've gone get parts to repair a car for her, other than that, maybe go out once every 2 weeks. Which, all in all, is pretty much back to normal for me.

I DO live on a farm, so even though I'm no longer running a market garden any more, I have plenty of food, and when I get groceries, I stock up(6 cand of coffee, 10 bags of sugar, 5 bags of flour, etc. It's mostly dairy I have to get regularly.

I always take precautions in health care settings like hospitals, doctors and pharmacies. While I was visiting my dad in hospitals recently not all visitors were wearing masks. It’s not the law but they recommend it and ask you to do it. When taking my dad to hospital appointments there are a few people not wearing masks. When taking him to dr appointments most people are wearing masks. I was in the pharmacy this week collecting his prescription for him. I had a bit of a wait and during the time I was standing there I saw about 25 people come in and out and not one of them had a mask on. They might have been getting some evils from the only one person wearing a mask, moi! The pharmacy staff all wear masks, all day everyday. People who won’t wear a mask for a short period of time to protect others are the most selfish people on the planet.

Two initial Pfizer, two pfizer booster, wear a mask whenever I go to stores. Still not going to reastaurants or anything like that. I am living exactly the same way that I lived when the majority of people actually believed we were still in a pandemic. I get a lot of weird looks these days. I can mouth “fuck off” at them and they can’t see it because of my mask.

I have discovered from all of this that:

1. I couldn’t care less about dining out. I would rather bring food home and watch Tv.

2. I couldn’t care less about being around people.

I feel like I’m living very well at the moment, thanks for asking. I’m fully vaxed and 2x boosted. Daily I do an outdoor swim with no real need for masking. I also garden pretty much every day at my allotment where I’ve got a bunch of friends (side benefit, I have so many veggies that I never have to go into a store to buy any), and several times a week go hiking with a group of buddys. (We are all vaxed) we eat out at outdoor cafes and patios only, and only if they’re not too crowded. I mask up in pharmacies and groceries or any indoor environments with the public. I mask for myself but also for the people who are immune compromised. One of my young neighbours had cancer and has to be so very careful, so I think of people like her that we all have to help. I plan to continue to mask thru the fall and winter when indoors. In my area, many people still masking in drug stores etc which is great. Lastly, I don’t do anything that I feel is too risky, COVID isn’t worth the risk.

Fully vaxxed and 2x boosted, all Moderna. I stay home a lot but do go out with my wife to breakfast or lunch - and for that it’s masks to/from the table. I’d do takeout if it was just me. Trips to the store or any public thing gets me masked.

We had scattered incidents where anti-maskers would confront those who wore masks but thankfully it never happened to me or anyone else when I was around. I still wear mine and when I’m out in stores it seems maybe half are masked. Far fewer for restaurants even walking in or to tables.

And very glad to see you folk’s stories.

OK, I wear a mask everywhere I go the second I leave my car(I live in the liberal part of WA, and I'm a football player-sized Black guy, so I don't get questioned). When I get to work, I take off my mask in my ventilated office, and I put it back on when I leave my office to go anywhere(even the bathroom - I might be at a urinal next to someone). My policy(I deal with public relations) is to take an antigen test every other day, and a test before dealing with the public(medical appointments, etc.).

I have to pay out of my pocket for the tests and the masks, but when I was young I learned about civic duty with the Romans, and something just stuck. (I also put my hand up when I read the oath for mail-in voting.) To me, being a citizen means looking out for others. hence keeping them safe as well as myself. I'm not trying to sound super-patriotic or anything, I just felt that we should help each other out, even if others don't.

I mask in public, other than in my work office with the door closed. My BF is the same. We have 1 friend in our bubble who also masks everywhere. Exception: a few times a year we each travel (masked) to see family, where we are unmasked privately with our families.

I stay home a lot, wear masks in stores, medical offices, etc. I avoid crowded outdoor places, disinfect or wash hands anytime I touch something that isn't mine. I'm fully vaxxed and boosted, but I have a major comorbidity so I have to be excessively careful.

I mask inside anywhere, generally. Two exceptions in recent weeks would be that I've enjoyed eating out maskless during off hours and another couple times when planning was not in my control, not so much. I've also watched a couple movies in a theater with fewer than a dozen people in attendance each time. That felt very nice, I must say. Hand sanitizer is a constant when out and about, for me.

From what I've seen lately, most people are not masking at all in the Puget Sound area, inside or out, I'd estimate maybe 10-15% do, if that. Health care facilities are the only places requiring masks from my understanding. Even when tranmission was a greater concern, not much compliance was to be had around here in the South Sound.

I'm masking in stores and crowded outdoor areas, and now putting down a layer of TP on any public toilet (THANKS MONKEYPOX!). After two years of isolation I'm out of retirement and working full time at my old university. I live alone and don't do gatherings unless very small, outdoors and distanced. Three co-workers, all very Covid-careful, masking up for any close confabs in our plexiglassed office with three HEPA units going at all times. Couple of profs are down with the long play version and it's not fun for them because they can't go back to in-person and don't have the energy to do their research projects. I bought a car so I don't have to ride transit, and it will be where I'll eat lunch in the winter months because I definitely won't be hanging out in the cafeteria. Vaxxed and boosted x2, N95s up the yinyang, and to my knowledge have not yet had the Covid. I'll take the next round of boosters, polio and pox vax, whatever's on offer. BRING. IT. ON.

Nothing is normal, my co-workers one after the other get covid, all vaxxed, no death, but they are hit completely differently, INDEPENDENT of age and health status, some of them really suffer for over 2 weeks.

We don't want to get it and do all for protecting ourselves and other people around us.

• Inside buildings we mask up with minimum N95, almost N98

• Visitors are outside in the garden (garden parties with distance are working)

• People entering our house have to be masked up with minimum N95

• We don't visit restaurants inside

• We avoid crowds

• We often meet friends and neighbors outside and have a lot of fun together

Only eat take out or eat at establishments with outdoor seating. N95 whenever out in public. Double boosted. No health issues or comorbidities. Get Flu vaccine every year and will follow CDC on new covid boosters. Will always wear a mask when flying for foreseeable future. Was tempted to go on a family cruise before covid. I will now never go on a cruise. Some days it is a bit too much.

My husband only masks where it's required. I mask in riskier situations, like a Trader Joe's. Not even the old people are masking at the Senior Center. My area has very low cases, hospitalizations and deaths. The city just hosted the World Athletic Championships 2 weeks ago and cases are still low. We've had 4 shots, but still don't go out much.

N95 when I HAVE to go out for necessities. Sanitize on the way out of the store and wash hands when I get home.

My niece just got Covid for the second time, she feels horrible. She’s fully vaxxed and boosted.

I don’t go out socially unless it’s outside, and hardly even then. I just lost a friend to Covid in May, he was 63, in good shape, slim, an avid hiker. He travelled to Spain so I assume he was vaccinated. His party caught Covid, the three others recovered but he didn’t.

Keep yourselves safe out there. It’s not over by a long shot.

I double mask everywhere. But I’m in crowded places every day. Also, people are disgusting. I do have to attend an event tonight and I’m pretty much dreading it. Life has not returned to normal. I used to “run the roads” as they say. I’m much more of a homebody now.