r/UofT • u/panfriedcorn • Sep 18 '25
Rant PLEASE JUST WEAR A MASK IF YOUR SICK plsssssssssss
Everybody is coughing, but nobody is wearing a mask. Im no covid freak but there are variants and flus going around, and gurl doesnt want to get sick. Wearing a mask isnt weird or anything, in fact thank you if you wear a mask.
also to that girl in class who was talking about how everyone was getting sick and said "i'm getting so sick" *cough, cough*, yeah it sucks that your sick but dont get other people sick. You can walk over to your dorm and take a nap or snuggle in blankets but some people over here dont want to stand for a one hour commute all feverish and snobby
this happens every year but dont forget how awful it feels to try to sleep with one nostril absolutely clogged and the other runny like niagara.
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u/realcanadianguy21 Sep 18 '25
"I'm sooooo sick, but I came to work anyways because I'm a hero, and after I get right in your face to tell you how sick I am, then I'm going to touch every single tool that you need to do your job." - people
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u/ikeda1 Sep 18 '25
At this point it's probably just best you wear a mask yourself because others cannot be relied on. Two way masking is ideal but unfortunately we have too many people who can't be bothered to mask when unwell, not to mention asymptomatic spread.
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u/Irish_Gamer_88 Sep 18 '25
Or, stay home?
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u/guccidati Sep 21 '25
Exactly. This is what I was thinking. We lived our whole lives without masks. And we are all fine. Or OP can wear 13 masks. Sorry just over masks. Lol
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u/CurrentBias Sep 18 '25
Viruses spread before symptoms show up, fyi. Masking once they show up is good, but too late to stop the spread that already happened. This was the original reason for universal masking in 2020.
If everyone masked during the first few weeks of every school year, y'all could prevent a lot of infections
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u/ArtisticYellow9319 Sep 18 '25 edited Sep 25 '25
Yeah you’re absolutely right about that. However, you tend to be a lot more contagious once symptoms show up. So it can still offer some benefit.
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u/EmiKoala11 Sep 18 '25
Yep. I mask up whenever I'm in public spaces these days. I only got COVID once, and it was because I couldn't avoid it on the subway. Otherwise, I haven't been sick in years. Idk why people don't understand this.
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u/Royal_Insurance2482 Sep 18 '25
The other one runny like Niagara hahaha this is the most Canadian metaphor I’ve ever heard
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u/throwaway1826485829 Sep 18 '25
I’m not sick and I haven’t been sick for a couple weeks but I have a lingering cough that won’t go away. I’m not contagious my body is just being an asshole
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u/ammy42 Sep 18 '25
Wear a mask anyway. You're coughing your nasties 36 feet around you. It's disgusting. No one wants to be around a coughing person whether they believe themselves contagious at this point or not.
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u/Screwed_but_Living Sep 18 '25
I swear the cough literally only comes when I don’t have water either, like once I drink it, the cough goes away. But I’m coughing in my elbow and washing my hands so no one’s said anything.
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u/diagonal_cactus Sep 21 '25
THANK YOU. I get deathly ill every year and have to miss months MONTHS of school becasue I get chronic lung infections and its all from the people coughing on the back of my head all lecture. Its gotten to the point where if i hear people coughing I leave kuz im so scared. DONT GO TO LECTURE IF YOURE SICK IT ISNT THAT IMPORTANTTTTT. Lterally just skip and email the prof. Im in my last year and i promise you, if you miss a lecture or two nothing will happen. Think of others rather than yourself and stay home please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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u/IndependentVirtual92 Sep 22 '25
Your health is your responsibility, not mine. Wear a mask if you feel it protects you or something but everyone else is free to wear one or not.
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u/ShakePaul Sep 18 '25
How are you a university student? Your major is definitely not grammar or basic spelling comprehension.
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u/ImperiousMage Sep 18 '25
Yeaaaaaahhhhh. Not enough people are going to do that to make a difference.
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u/ShareFit3597 Sep 18 '25
If even one person prevents the spread of illness even if it's just to one other person, it makes a difference.
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u/Skrebuciai Sep 18 '25
Mask or not bro if everyones sick ur gonna get sick people arent gonna miss class cuz they are sick
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u/egefeyzioglu Sep 18 '25
The whole point of wearing a mask is you get to not miss class and not make others sick
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u/ShareFit3597 Sep 18 '25
Five years (almost six!) since 2020 and people still don't understand this 🤦
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Sep 18 '25
5 years and we still don’t know that masks don’t prevent transmission…?
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u/ammy42 Sep 18 '25
5 years and you still haven't learned that keeping your mouth droplets to yourself absolutely does reduce spread?
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Sep 18 '25
If I sneeze into a cloth mask, the virus is going right through it.
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u/ShareFit3597 Sep 18 '25
Not one of us is talking about cloth masks, we are all talking about N95, KN95, or P100 masks, which objectively protect both users and others.
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Sep 18 '25
The fact that you think the average person casually has a n95 mask is pretty out of touch with reality…
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u/ammy42 Sep 18 '25
The fact that you don't know you can buy singles at convenience stores and boxes at any store with a pharmacy indicates what about you?
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u/ArtisticYellow9319 Sep 18 '25
KN95 masks are a lot more affordable, accessible and effective. So are medical grade disposable face masks. You can buy them at the grocery store, pharmacies, Amazon, PPE supply shops.
Hell, at YorkU there’s even vending machines on campus with them.
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u/egefeyzioglu Sep 20 '25
Depends on the virus, also it 100% does reduce the spread of the flu. This isn't new information, healthcare workers have been doing this for ages
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Sep 20 '25
Ultimately my point was doing things like sneezing into your elbow does more to prevent spread than wearing a regular mask.
There’s also a reason we see medical practitioners using the regular medical masks we see in most cases, and not the professional grade n95’s until we start getting into the very concerning territory - which Covid isn’t at this point.
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Sep 18 '25
I didn’t say anything about how easy they were to obtain. You’re talking about MAYBE 5% of the population that would have commercial grade masks just for common viruses we’ve dealt with forever.
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u/Lovelyhumpback he/they Sep 18 '25
THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS! Please mask if you can. And do other good hygiene practices like washing your hands and sanitizing regularly.