"Stop living in fear, you just need to go out and live your life!"

Ma'am, I had to take a week off of work and cancel my birthday vacation because a random child coughed on me.

@Wanderbot it's perfectly natural to be somewhat afraid of a plague

@eniko Yuuup. Luckily I just got Pharyngitis instead of COVID, but not getting sick multiple times per year makes being a hermit an unbelievable value proposition to me.

Especially when the vicarious alternative is (according to the lady who inspired my original toot): eating inside restaurants and seeing her mean friends.