jfor<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://forall.social/@themaskerscomic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>themaskerscomic</span></a></span> </p><p>So far I have avoided a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Covid</span></a> infection. I have been wearing a mask since mid Feb. 2020. </p><p>Many people don't know that they are vulnerable.</p><p>Last year I spent 6 months in hospitals, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/coma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coma</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/rehab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rehab</span></a> (due to previously undiscovered <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/aneurysms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aneurysms</span></a> bursting in my <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/brain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brain</span></a>). </p><p>Ireland is very anti-mask in my experience. They also copy a lot from the UK. We don't have genuine 'experts' here, and you rarely see anyone wear a mask in shops or anywhere else.</p>