Tbh most of the people I know who are usually radical leftists but have given up wearing masks are the ones who caught covid and survived. Legit makes me think they just get it in their heads that they caught it once and it's not a huge deal cuz they lived and don't have long covid so why bother? But like, it should be the opposite, the people who did get it should be the ones pushing for continued mask use, but they aren't. My fiance and I are the only people we know who haven't caught covid even once and we're basically the only ones still wearing masks 100% of the time(and also social distancing to the best of our ability).
Idk if it's true but I think catching covid and being lucky enough to survive and, at least for now, not have any long covid symptoms just convinces some people that it's not all that bad and they'll be fine cuz there are treatments now(and they're all vaccinated anyway) so who cares? Which is extra infuriating because that's LITERALLY not true at all. All of the science says that catching covid is BAD and it could fuck you up for the rest of your life in ways we don't even know yet and you were EXTREMELY LUCKY to not die or get long covid and catching it again is EVEN WORSE so you should still be doing EVERYTHING in your power to avoid it.
But they aren't, and it literally makes me feel like I'm completely fucking insane sometimes.
