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Originally Posted by LiverpoolWalrus
EdFNJ, I notice your note about sneezing. I'm taking classes at the reopened Enrichment Academy. I never realized how many people have a "nervous cough." I'm not overly concerned about the virus, but this one woman in front of me yesterday was coughing lightly every couple of minutes throughout the class and not always covering her mouth, much less wearing a mask. It was not a smoker's cough. Pretty sure it was a classic "nervous cough." If not, and she was sick, she shouldn't be in class!
I don't like to use the saying "you can't fix stupid," but I might make an exception here. But she can fix it!
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The problem with this scenario is that she could be pre-symptomatic or asymptomatic with a "nervous" cough that she has had for all her adult life. Her "nervous" cough could spread lots of virus to people around her if she is not wearing a mask. Anyone with a "nervous" cough should be diligent and wear a mask.
When this pandemic first started here in America and we Americans were recommended NOT to wear masks, I was standing in line at Target to check out. The elderly woman at the register was coughing up a storm and not containing the cough. She was not wearing a mask, nor was I. I got off that line so fast your head would spin. She looked at me and said, "it is just allergies". OK, her cough may have been caused by allergies but how was she know if she was asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic and could have passed on the virus to lots of people? She didn't. She also didn't "get it'. Clueless!