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Originally Posted by IA_Chiefs_fan
My dad never wears a mask. His main reason is he saw a video on Facebook saying they were dangerous and causing people to pass out. I never could get him to understand. Would a mask have kept him from getting COVID? Honestly, probably not with the way he was still socializing, shopping, going to restaurants with friends etc. But it MIGHT have. It might have also reduced the viral load and increased his odds of pulling through more easily. It might have also reduced the number of people he likely infected. Covid in a 78 year old man with heart and other health complications is concerning.
Besides loving my dad and wanting him to be okay, I'm personally frustrated as well. My wife and I have chosen to significantly alter our lifestyle due to COVID to protect people just like my dad, yet many of them are just making things worse. We haven't been in a restaurant or with friends indoors since March. We've elected to miss out on family Thanksgiving and Christmas stuff that we're pretty sure the rest of the family will still have. I want nothing more than to hug every single one of my and my wife's family members. I don't pretend to have the answers. Everything just sucks until next summer. Oh, and I'm still extremely worried about my mom with dementia in assisted living too.
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Its definately a frustrating situation. I live in the middle of redneck America and I know a bunch of families who chose to either not have their family Thanksgiving or have it way scaled down. My family included. We usually have a huge Thanksgiving the Sunday before the actual holiday with 50+ people. Ended up only having immediate family over, my 71 year old dad and step mom chose to stay home.
Hope the vaccine gets here ASAP.