I was commenting that the company was selling other masks at traditional prices and one product was even double I was trying to figure out why that particular mask would be on clearance at such a ridiculously low price.
Sorry for a little discussion about mask prices.
I know what you were doing.
I donāt think I could give my business to Uline.
I have ordered masks just a couple of times, from WellBefore, a company in Texas. I was happy with their customer service, but I havenāt been able to discover anything about their politics. I tried (sometime within the last year) to research the company and owners onlineāin terms of what issues/politicians they back, etc.āand didnāt come up with anything. Does anyone here have that kind of info about them? Iād appreciate knowing, if you do.
Didnāt seem like it.
Only to you
The CEO of ULine, Liz Uihline, got an exemption from COVID restrictions to come to visit the 
operations in 2020. A meeting was held in contravention of restrictions, and there was an outcry.
Then karma caught up with her.
Yeah, there are a number of reasons that Uline and the Uihleins will not get any of my money.
Thatās why Iād love to know more about the company WellBefore (which I did actually buy my masks from) before I recommend them to others (or buy more from them myself).
(Also: Iām impressed by the level of reporting in those two CBC articles. Thatās a lot of detail!)
Sheesh, fucking idiots.
And also, a great example of how trying to convince far-right loonies with facts and reason is a total waste of time.
Facts are right wing kryptonite. They avoid them at all costs, mostly because they cannot be relied upon to support a predetermined conclusion. Damn things seem to not care about political positions at all!
I would posit that lack of a proper education is the core reason theyāre FAR right-wing. 
(Not bashing teachers here. Some folks just donāt want to learn.)
ETA: edit
My sense of taste seems to have diminished after my COVID. Which was milder after the paxlovid treatment. Fortunately- it seems to be the only long term symptom. Anything else is just getting old! I had every vaccination possible.
Maybe itāll come back eventually.
Was your sense of smell also affected? There were some articles on how to regain that, which might help since the two are linked.
My sense of smell was always a bit off.
Maybe some of these suggestions will be useful: 
Thanks
Having a diminishment & variability in my sense of smell hasnāt always been a negative.
No. Laura! YOU MUST CONSUME AT ALL COSTS! SAVE THE ECONOMY NO MATTER WHAT!
Idiots.
āā¦ I feel funny ā I donāt know why, but I know it must somehow be Tony Fauciās faultā 
except how does that explain all the libertarian tech-bros ( or people like the conservative supreme court justices.) there are plenty of educated people who are right wing, and plenty of working class folks who donāt value traditional education who are left wing.
personally, i put it down to empathy and curiosity. while those are technically a form of education, itās not book learning.
