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I'm having to wear a mask a lot this week and next and the tops of my ears are starting to hurt very badly. Suggestions for how to alleviate? [more inside]
posted by skycrashesdown on Aug 24, 2023 - 15 answers

One of my coworkers is FASCINATED with the fact that I still wear a mask. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 30, 2023 - 67 answers

Mrs. Gefilte and I are invited to a family wedding in Manhattan in a few weeks. We haven't been to the US since the onset of COVID, and with all that's changed in the last two years, we're feeling a little unsure about how best to proceed. Enlighten us, o NYC Mefites! [more inside]
posted by greatgefilte on Apr 10, 2022 - 25 answers

My partner is no longer masking at work. What is a reasonable amount of anxious to feel about this? (Details below the fold.) [more inside]
posted by Fish, fish, are you doing your duty? on Mar 21, 2022 - 39 answers

I will take a same-day round trip via Amtrak Acela from Rt. 128 outside Boston to NYP (and then travel somehow to the UWS) for a memorial service in a couple of weeks. I'm fully vaccinated, but haven't really left my bubble or been on public transport since March 2020. Mostly Amtrak specific, but how does this work? [more inside]
posted by Admiral Haddock on Sep 23, 2021 - 18 answers

My workplace isn't mounting much of a response to the Delta surge. I'm in a very small minority of employees who are surprised and upset about this laxness. I'd like some outside opinions on whether I'm being unreasonable. [more inside]
posted by akk2014 on Aug 20, 2021 - 22 answers