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I will say right up front, this is not about stigmatizing or being rude to people showing symptoms of being sick.
It is simply about getting up and leaving. Which is simple to say, but not always simple to do without a pre-existing decision and commitment. (Even when we have the choice to leave, which not everyone does.)
( Give yourself permission to leave )
I saw a mastodon toot (can't find it again to give credit) that said you can start masking again tomorrow, and it will start protecting you and the people around you. It's not too late. And it's not too late to leave a gathering where someone is coughing and sneezing. Or at least, put on a mask.
I'd love to see it normalized for the host of a gathering to ask someone to leave if they are showing symptoms, but that is even harder. If we start by being willing to leave ourselves, perhaps that will come with time.
It is simply about getting up and leaving. Which is simple to say, but not always simple to do without a pre-existing decision and commitment. (Even when we have the choice to leave, which not everyone does.)
( Give yourself permission to leave )
I saw a mastodon toot (can't find it again to give credit) that said you can start masking again tomorrow, and it will start protecting you and the people around you. It's not too late. And it's not too late to leave a gathering where someone is coughing and sneezing. Or at least, put on a mask.
I'd love to see it normalized for the host of a gathering to ask someone to leave if they are showing symptoms, but that is even harder. If we start by being willing to leave ourselves, perhaps that will come with time.
