To ask London commuters if you will be wearing a mask?

[HummingBirddd]

I'm on furlough but hopefully not long know - I mean who know but loosing my marbles here a bit so keep telling myself it's not long now. I work in London and takes me a 20 minute train ride to get to work. Train is packed usually, not sure what will happen after things are back to normal ish ... my question is to Londoners/ London commuters, will you be wearing a mask on your commute?

Yes

Working from home at the moment, but yes, when i go back I will be wearing one

Yes. Especially considering the government guidance is to do so. Why would you not?

I don't know why someone wouldn't @KitchenConfidential I'm just asking out of curiosity what others will be doing 🤷🏻‍♀️

I use the bus rather than the tube, but have not wearing one on the bus or at work.

I've not seen any masks available since this all started... Where are we supposed to get these masks from?

I also wonder where we are meant to get them. The guidance says use an old t shirt but we don’t have any unwanted clothes as we did a big Marie Kondo clear out a few months before lockdown and just don’t have anything to cut up.

And I won’t be going on public transport at all as wearing a mask makes me panic and I assume if I don’t wear one I’ll get abuse.

Etsy has tons of lovely fabric masks available in lots of designs at reasonable prices if anyone is looking.

Order cotton bandanas and hair scrunchies off amazon and fold them (on YouTube), no sewing required.

Yes absolutely. Bought a good mask from Etsy and there are loads available there.

Yes absolutely - but I expect to be working from home until at least the end of July, if not longer.

I'm not commuting in at the moment, but I certainly would wear a mask if I was.

For those asking focal to get a mask: local facebook groups, crafting groups, marketplace, ebay, etsy are full of people making cotton masks. Or get a bandana, or a snood. The advice is specifically face coverings, not medical PPE.

Buying one mask won’t help you unless you’ll definitely manage to wash it every day

Is cycling an option

"I've not seen any masks available since this all started... Where are we supposed to get these masks from?'
Amazon.
eBay.
Etsy.
Bright Products ( on the high St).

Or you could make your own from a free pattern.
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When I have to go back in I will - yes. I bought washable, reusable ones you can disinfect too.

Corner shops are selling masks

yes I will

(and in school)

It's a face cover not a mask. Scarf or buff or similar is fine.

For a mask to be effective isn’t it supposed to be changed on a regular basis? Are we all supposed to get lots of these handmade masks and wash them?

Lol at the snood - it was about 23 here at the weekend, god knows what the tube will be like - I imagine the sweat produced from wearing them would be more dangerous than the not covering of your face to be honest.

No idea what a good solution is though

I did see a woman at Sainsbury’s with a mask that matched her outfit - and was impressed... yellow shoes, yellow top, yellow facemask

The only reason they say face coverings and not masks is that they are trying to stop people buying proper masks. Well, tough. We've bought proper ones and that's what we'll be using.

Home made ones are not as good.

yes, of course. home made & washable.

I know that they aren't surgically secure, but I've made these, fairly simple masks, two each for me and DH - one on and one in the wash, when we go shopping. they are easy to rinse and dry very quickly.

we've had a few favourable comments in Tesco!