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Would you wear a mask in this situation?

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captainsandyscrew · 04/07/2023 06:59

I have a stinking cold which my toddler brought back from nursery - spent yesterday in bed feeling sorry for myself. Feeling slightly better today, and have a long-awaited haircut booked in (DH has a weeks annual leave so is looking after our baby giving me the chance for some 'me time').

I took a Covid test which was negative. But despite there being zero rules around mixing/mask wearing I feel really rude going maskless to my hairdresser while knowingly feeling rough. I'm not really coughing or sneezing all over the place, just a runny nose and very sore throat at this point, and shattered.

Would you wear one in this situation?

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Piscesmumma1978 · 04/07/2023 09:43

I'd phone the hairdresser and ask what she would like you to do.

Tessisme · 04/07/2023 09:45

I would have cancelled. Nothing to do with the post Covid era. I would have cancelled long before Covid was even heard of. It's just about being considerate.

WeirdWithNoBeard · 04/07/2023 09:49

What about the hairdressers who work with bad colds? I have had a few haircuts just before a holiday and you get in the chair and the hairdresser is coughing and spluttering all over you passing on their germs, they dont seem to care about spreading illness

I would say go OP

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Brefugee · 04/07/2023 20:45

I don't let that happen, tbh. I ask for an alternative stylist, and if not available i tell them they cancelled the gig by not informing me of their illness.
I'd rather have unkempt hair than that.

Zepherine · 04/07/2023 21:01

I'd go with a mask and ask her what she would like you to do.

GeorgeMichaelsCat · 04/07/2023 23:49

So what happened OP?

ZairWazAnOldLady · 04/07/2023 23:52

I’d cancel, and I would have pre-Covid. It’s the norm in my family to stay away from others when unwell if it’s infectious.

uncomfortablydumb53 · 05/07/2023 12:38

You should be cancelling out of consideration to your hairdresser not wondering if a mask will help!
A haircut is such close contact I wouldn't even consider it
Book again when you're better

strongtsandcs · 05/07/2023 12:40

Campervangirl · 04/07/2023 07:03

I wouldn't cancel but I'd ask the stylist if they'd prefer you to wear a mask but let's be honest, pre covid, having a cold didn't impact your life / where you went unless it was a stinker and you felt awful.
You wouldn't have dreamt of wearing a mask

And yet every winter I would be at work with these people who had their colds and gave it to me.....

strongtsandcs · 05/07/2023 12:40

Floofydawg · 04/07/2023 07:04

The mask only protects you, so what's the point? Cancel.

No it doesn't.

strongtsandcs · 05/07/2023 12:41

Morechocmorechoc · 04/07/2023 07:08

It's not just a cold, it put you in bed yesterday. Colds don't put you in bed for a day. Dont be so selfish.

Colds put me in bed.

strongtsandcs · 05/07/2023 12:41

captainsandyscrew · 04/07/2023 07:10

Had DH not been at home I wouldn't have spent the day in bed yesterday, I would have just got on with it. If I cancel the hairdresser is down £60 and they have a 2 month waiting list (haven't had a haircut since last November)

Call them.

DarkForces · 06/07/2023 18:35

strongtsandcs · 05/07/2023 12:40

No it doesn't.

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Exactly. Masks protect no one and give a false sense of security. Ventilation and vaccination are your best bets

Tannedandfake · 06/07/2023 18:38

captainsandyscrew · 04/07/2023 07:10

Not sure why you bothered asking on MN tbh. You seem determined to do whatever you like anyway

Simplestead · 06/07/2023 19:27

captainsandyscrew · 04/07/2023 07:34

@Floofydawg the question wasn't whether or not I should go, but whether or not I should wear a mask

I'm afraid you've awoken the frothing at the mouth COVID "you're selfish" brigade.

Don't wear a mask. Most colds are caught by touching surfaces that have the virus on. Just wash your hands and don't cough in their face. They are very unlikely to catch your cold

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