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Mask Harassment - Incidents - How Often?
« on: August 06, 2023, 10:31:21 am »
I recently experienced an incident where, while I was wearing a mask in public, someone walked past me and said, "It's over, dude," while continuing to walk away.

Initially, given the situation that I was, I thought that the person was either on the phone or speaking with someone else as the area that I was in was crowded. However, within a moment or two, I realized that the comment was directed at myself and the implication was that 'the pandemic' was over and that I shouldn't be masking anymore.

I have been fortunate that I have not had any adverse events concerning pandemic deniers, vaccine deniers or mask deniers. Thinking even now after three years of dealing with Covid-19, the worst that has happened to me was encountering a man who was walking amongst a crowd that I was in, telling people that the entire pandemic was not real and was a manufactured by the government.

Therefore, I'd like to ask the message board at-large what their experiences have been. Have you ever been harassed about still wearing a mask in public (or ever, even during the times when it was "acceptable" to do so)? Were you harassed about getting any of the Covid-19 shots? Were you harassed when you acknowledged that the virus even existed or how you've changed your social behavior as a result?

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Re: Mask Harassment - Incidents - How Often?
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2023, 11:31:10 am »
I have had a few experiences where people have made rude comments or facial expressions about my mask. Most recently I was making a delivery to a dr's office and the person at the front desk said I did not need to mask anymore. I was got upset and explained covid and the pandemic is not over and that cases are again rising in our area. Other times it was random people walking pass me with angry looks or a dumb comment/fake cough.

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Re: Mask Harassment - Incidents - How Often?
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2023, 11:32:20 am »
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Re: Mask Harassment - Incidents - How Often?
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2023, 12:36:21 pm »
I was harassed by my landlord a few weeks ago, while he was in my suite doing repairs.
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Re: Mask Harassment - Incidents - How Often?
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2023, 12:50:53 pm »
My husband and I had just arrived for a month long vacation in a condo this past April in Florida. On the first night, we head to the grocery store. We line up for the check out and the man in front of us turns around with a huge smirk on his face and attempts to tell us that masks don't work and that we're stupid sheep, etc. We just tell him to mind his business and get out of our face. The scary part is that he waited for us to exit the grocery store. He's there in his golf cart with the huge trump flag flying. He proceeds to still harass us as we load our groceries and then takes pictures of both of us and our car and license plate. My husband calls the police as I attempt to get a picture of him while he peels out of the parking lot. Scary when we are frail seniors and he's in his 40s. Not a nice way to start a vacation either.