Are They Not Thinking or Do They Not Care?

[captpat]

The wife was returning from Wisconsin during which she sat next to a woman who was coughing and hacking all sorts of respiratory effluvia the entire flight from Milwaukee to Charlotte. Predictably my wife tested positive for COVID a day after her return and although we observed the appropriate protocols now I have COVID, I'm immuno-compromised so this is not a situation to take lightly. We're both up to date with our vaccinations so hopefully our cases will be mild. We'll probably never know how many other folks on that plane were infected. I am continually disappointed by the selfish acts of others.

 

[Sigmund]

We live in a world where other people are not important. They fail to realize that they are also "Other People" to those that are not themselves.

I hope you recover quickly.

 

[Steddy]

A prayer was sent your way for a quick recovery.

 

[BingBong]

If you've had your boosters, your chances of catching the thing are elevated by 3x but you suffer less, some principle like that according to Pfizer.

Get well soon, in any case.

 

[LotusEater]

I hope you have a quick and full recovery.

 

[sablebrush52]

It’s both. Mostly of the people I’ve met tend to be oblivious, which is why I don’t rely on them.
I wear an N-95 on flights and in crowds to protect myself from spreaders. Works so far.
Also, taking the vaccine doesn’t make you more likely to become infected. That is some made up anti vax bollucks. The truth is that it will turn you into a bunny rabbit.

 

[captpat]

I wear an N-95 on flights and in crowds to protect myself from spreaders. Works so far.
Also, taking the vaccine doesn’t make you more likely to become infected.

Masking will be our practice next time. Yeah, any vaccine that makes it more likely to catch the disease would make it a p*ss-poor vaccine indeed.

 

[warren]

Also good to remember, there are "carriers" who have no idea they are "carriers." No symptoms/indicators .

 

[JOHN72]

I am very sorry. And I wish you and your wife a speedy recovery and good health.

 

[romaso]

The wife was returning from Wisconsin during which she sat next to a woman who was coughing and hacking all sorts of respiratory effluvia the entire flight from Milwaukee to Charlotte. Predictably my wife tested positive for COVID a day after her return and although we observed the appropriate protocols now I have COVID, I'm immuno-compromised so this is not a situation to take lightly. We're both up to date with our vaccinations so hopefully our cases will be mild. We'll probably never know how many other folks on that plane were infected. I am continually disappointed by the selfish acts of others.

Call your doctor for Paxlovid. The sooner you start the better.

 

[LongIslandPiper]

The wife was returning from Wisconsin during which she sat next to a woman who was coughing and hacking all sorts of respiratory effluvia the entire flight from Milwaukee to Charlotte. Predictably my wife tested positive for COVID a day after her return and although we observed the appropriate protocols now I have COVID, I'm immuno-compromised so this is not a situation to take lightly. We're both up to date with our vaccinations so hopefully our cases will be mild. We'll probably never know how many other folks on that plane were infected. I am continually disappointed by the selfish acts of others.

This is a perfect example of why memes get made in T-shirts. Inconsiderate people suck. What’s more disturbing is they are only increasing in population

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

Here we go again.

 

[didimauw]

Also good to remember, there are "carriers" who have no idea they are "carriers." No symptoms/indicators .

And someone coughing doesn't mean covid.

Who knows where we get it from most times.

 

[FurCoat]

And someone coughing doesn't mean covid.

Who knows where we get it from most times.

Just like my sneezing, I have allergies.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

Just like my sneezing, I have allergies.

In this strange new world if you sneeze you'll get a "how dare you?" Instead of a "God bless you".

 

[FurCoat]

In this strange new world if you sneeze you'll get a "how dare you?" Instead of a "God bless you".

Ain't that the truth.

 

[Rockyrepose]

I hope you recover fully and quickly. I've had to fly with the flu once pre-covid era. We had been on vacation for over a week and my wife came down with it two days before our scheduled return flight. Sure enough I was probably in full bloom on that flight. Honestly we both just wanted to get home ASAP. I suppose that could have been considered selfish however it would have been monetarily prohibitive to have extended.

Every time I climb in a tube in the air I am quite aware of the risks especially now. I don't expect a sudden cabin decompression but I do expect exposure to airborne flora.

 

[georged]

Not thinking or not care?

You're giving today's humans (in general) too much credit.

Be happy it was only a "rude sneezer". Outright fistfights, attacks on the crew, and nutbag pilots are the new air travel reality:

 

[Simmerdown☕️]

We are all afraid of everything now. ️

 

[K.E. Powell]

Unfortunately, in this country at least, questions of airborne illnesses and how best to avoid spreading them have been subsumed in a ridiculous so-called culture war where even the most quotidian circumstances are viewed as potential battlefields to try one's honor and fight for their chosen side in order to settle for good and all who can be the most insufferable and gullible boors in existence. Other examples of the mundane being annexed in this war include, but are not limited to, the weather, Christmas, and Keurig coffee machines.

In such a world, wearing a mask, or drinking the "wrong" beer, or applauding the "right" joke, are all actions in a greater combat, and as far as the belligerents in this skirmish are concerned, nobody can be neutral. Victory, in their eyes at least, affords them the coveted mantle of most perfect victim. And it is a title they have duly earned, at least according to those rank propagandists whose every effort is devoted to keeping them as mad as possible. Anger is money, after all. And a fool and his money...