Fishercat<p>Praxis</p><p>I'm lucky; I've had the privilege of a healthy immune system my whole life. I have dear friends who are <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/chronically" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chronically</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ill</span></a>, and the thought of needing to personally deal with that one day sooner than I have to scares me. I also don't want to kill someone who's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immune</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/compromised" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compromised</span></a> by being a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/vector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vector</span></a>.</p><p>The first of my friends to die of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/COVID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>COVID</span></a> sequelae did so last summer. A couple of days after his 42nd birthday, of a rare kind of cancer that people in his demographic Do Not Get. I don't think he's going to be the last, because my spouse, partner, and I are far more cautious than most of our friends.</p><p>My praxis hasn't significantly changed since my first COVID vaccination.</p><p>I am still:<br>* Minimizing my time indoors with people I don't know.<br>* Wearing an <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/N95" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>N95</span></a> or better <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mask</span></a> when I am. Every. Single. Time.<br>* Wearing a mask indoors with friends and relatives who don't follow the same restrictions.<br>* Washing my hands shortly after returning home.<br>* Running a Corsi-Rosenthal box when we have visitors.<br>* Getting booster <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccines</span></a> for everything, as soon as I'm eligible.<br>* Holding my breath and stepping off the trail to let other hikers go by.</p><p>I'm so fucking tired of this. And I'm still doing it. </p><p>The next <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pandemic</span></a> has almost certainly begun . If you want to live through it, I suggest you start acting like it.<br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/masking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>masking</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pandemic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>covid</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorsiRosenthal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorsiRosenthal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/vaccination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccination</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/death" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>death</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disease</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/chronicillness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chronicillness</span></a></p>